Emotional Development

During my studies at Walden, we had to establish International Contact in the Early Childhood Field. I was able to make connections in a gee regions, one mainly in the Eastern and Southern Africa. Region. While looking over the countries., Rwanda stood out as there was an aeeyicle about special needs children and program. There was a young man who was not able to walk and while the children was playing their. Games outside, he felt like an outcast because he was not able to participate. Like we saw during our weekly readongs, the children ridiculed children who were disabled because they did understand. ”I have a problem with my foot,” explained Josué Niyilema, 13, a student at Murama. “Before I could never play sports because the boys always made fun of me, limping, but with ‘sit ball’ everyone is like me and can understand what I go through.”((Sundaran, 2012). The government is working so that all children can feel safe and welcome in an inclusive setting. They are taking. Measures so that teachers will be fully trained and all children.will be provided with the equal opportunity to learn and develop overall. “We can only do what is possible with what we have. That is why we have put in place peer and community mentoring initiatives to bring slow and fast learners together, and at least sensitize other students on the importance of inclusion,” he added(Sundaran, 2012). Children who are teased for their disability will development a low. Self-esteem as they are trying to belong. They may find it difficult to develop connections with adults and peers as they find it hard to trust others. And their environment. They will find it hard to open to others as they see that are not fully accepted and respected because of their disability. After one bad wncounter, they may feel that everyone feels the same way. "For children with abilities, a strong self-identity requires skills to stand up to stereotypes and biases that convey inferiority " (Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010). Across the region more and more children are in need of an al opptunity to learn and strive regardless of race, gender, disability and more. We need to ensure we as Educators and advocates have the necessary tools to assess, modify and accommodate children of all needs We want to educate children and families on the sole purpose of inclusion. We can all learn and grow together as we respect one another for each other regardless of our differences we may have. Reference