1. Child Development

2. Physical Intellectual Emotional Social Moral

3. Infancy: birth to one year Toddlerhood: one to three years Preschool age: three to five years School age: five to ten years

4. 1. The presence of automatic reflexes 2. The development of hand-eye coordination 3. The development of large-motor skills

5. Small-motor skills Talking “I can do it” attitude Parallel play Understanding of right and wrong

6. More advanced small and large-motor skills Counting and naming colors & letters Make believe Larger vocabulary Empathy Fears Cooperative play

7. Spend time away from home Lose baby teeth More refined small-motor skills Reasoning skills More complex tasks Stress Form peer groups Stronger conscience

8. Caregivers and teachers can best help them by: Making an early identification Challenging them Empowering them Helping them to fit in Helping them develop confidence

9. Inclusion is the practice of placing together children with disabilities and those without them for at least part of the school day Children with disabilities feel that they fit in and are challenged and stimulated Children without disabilities develop greater understanding