Replies to Nikita Baldwin My teaching philosophy is that each child should be treated equally and…

Replies to Nikita Baldwin
My teaching philosophy is that each child should be treated equally and that I as an educator should provide the most positive, high quality, safe learning environment that I can best meet the needs of the students within the environment. I believe that if a child is able to be identified at that age, then, that is great because it will start them on the path of receiving the support that they need at that early age. I deal with this situation constantly in my workplace. I work for my local county, and it is an income based preschool program (low income). I currently work on a military base that provides services for those in the military (not low income). We have a speech therapist on site who refers children, if need be, to special education. When parents are faced with that referral they are hesitant and often say “what if they are to young”, or “they may change”, of course this is the parents in a form of denial or shock but I explain to them that it is better that they be given the support early on and can already receive any form of benefits from it rather than wait until their child enters kindergarten. Comment as you see fit. min 75 words