Examples Of Inclusive Classroom Observation

I observed a two-year-old room that was an inclusive classroom for a little girl, named Rosie, with cerebral palsy. I instantly noticed her and her condition because of her big wheelchair. This wheelchair was a giant hot pink contraption with Bob Marley stickers. I have never seen a children’s wheelchair but it looks way different then an adult one. The teachers explained to me all of the levers sticking out were to help the chair grow with her so that she could have it for many years.
I came during the morning when they were having breakfast. All children where sat at the table eating cereal while Rosie was fed baby food in giant baby bumbo. The teachers told me she only eats baby food and is very picky about what she likes. They always feed her in the bumbo because it’s the least restrictive chair when she tries to fight them about eating.
After breakfast, the assistant teacher cleaned up while the lead changed diapers. They …show more content…
I don’t know if they were just lazy or if Rosie really didn’t like to be moved around. They said she was sensitive about new situations, which they found out when she got her new therapist.
Rosie get speech and physical therapy every week at school. The therapist comes to class and sometimes leaving Rosie to communicate with classmates and other times takes her to the special therapy room. Rosie’s mom recently switched health insurances and got a whole new set of therapist. The teachers explained that Rosie doesn’t like new people but they trust the therapist and do what she says.
Since Rosie has been this way since birth they are familiar with the doctor and therapist recommendations. The therapist has special leg exercises and rubs that they do with Rosie every afternoon. She also wears leg braces that are supposed to help straighten out her feet so she will eventually be able to walk one