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In her article, "Using Your Senses to Adapt Environments — Checklist for an Accessible Environment," which is the basis for an Out of the Box Kit by the same name, and is included in Exchange's Environment Tool Kit, Kirsten Haugen offers these questions to help you determine if your program's social environment is accessible and effective for children of all abilities:
— Allow all children to feel safe?
— Invites all children to participate?
— Maximizes all children's opportunities for independence?
— People with disabilities should be represented in active and leadership roles, not just as passive observers.
— Pairing or grouping children with complementary abilities eases the demands on the teacher and enables children to help one another.
— When given a chance, peers often come up with the most creative ways for children with disabilities to participate.
— Creative use of staffing may be needed to provide additional support for some children during some activities.
— Children who have difficulty with a particular type of activity may need extra support at those times.
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