Key Statements; Scenario 3
 First Friday back from vacation
 New student Quan on Monday
 Quan’s parents want to chat about your
acclimating plan for him and what they
can do to help
 New student Ashley on Tuesday
 Ashley has cerebral palsy
 Ashley shakes and stutters
 Program supervisor wants to know how
you will help Ashley adjust to the
classroom and help her become part of
the classroom
NAEYC Principles; Scenario 3 NAEYC Guidelines; Scenario 3
 1. All the domains of development&  1. Creating a caring community of
learning -physical, social/emotional, and learners
cognitive- are important, and they are  2. Teaching to enhance development and
closely interrelated. Children’s learning
development and learning in one domain  3. Planning curriculum to achieve
influence and are influenced by what important goals
takes place in other domains  4. Assessing children’s development and
 3. Development and learning proceed at learning
varying rates from child to child, as well  5. Establishing reciprocal relationships
as at uneven rates across different areas with families
of a child’s individual functioning
 5. Early experiences have profound
effects, both cumulative and delayed, on
a childs development and learning; and
optimal periods exists for certain types of
development and learning to occur
 7. Children develop best when they have
secure, consistent relationships with
responsive adults and opportunities for
positive relationships with peers
 8. Development and learning occur in
and are influenced by multiple social and
cultural contexts
 10. Play is an important vehicle for
developing self-regulation as well as for
promoting language, cognition, and
social competence
 12. Children’s experiences shape their
motivation and approaches to learning,
such as persistence, initiative, and
flexibility; in turn, these dispositions and
behaviors affect their learning and
development
Reflection, Scenario 3;

As the teacher in this scenario, I think the bigger and most important challenge will be getting Ashley adjusted to the classroom. The adjustments I will make to
the classroom and way that I will prepare the children to be kind and help when they can will depend on the severity of Ashley’s condition. I will want my
students to remember that everyone is different and sometimes people need more and different help than others and that we are kind to one another. It is my
job to make sure that Ashley is proceeding in all areas of her development, that I make changes necessary to help her, that I am going at a pace that is
comfortable and successful for her, that the classroom brings positive experiences to her life and development, that the classroom is an environment in which
she can be involved in (such as in play), and that she keeps or gains the motivation to learn. I think Quan would be a bit less challenging to get acclimated into
the classroom because his parents have offered help, I could ask them to come in for a certain amount of time when Quan first arrives to help him get adjusted
to a new environment. After talking with his parents, I will know some of his interests better and can prepare those stations for his arrival (if he likes cars I can
keep a spot open in the cars play station so that it is already something he is comfortable with.