Posted: October 19th, 2016

dentify current government policy, legislation, funding and quality standards you must consider.

For this assessment you are required to prepare a report, based on the following scenario: You are an educator in an early childhood service with children aged 0­5 years. The children and families in your setting are diverse and as a result you need to ensure your curriculum and pedagogical practice is reflective and inclusive of this diversity. Currently you have 30 children attending across the week, and the additional needs situational context is three culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children � Mandarin, Turkish and Arabic; two children with challenging behaviours � ADHD & Oppositional Defiance Disorder; two children with speech and communication difficulties; one child with Autism; two children with disabilities � Downs Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy; and three children with chronic health issues. Your report must address how you are going to work with your team, other professionals and families to develop an inclusive educational setting and curriculum that will facilitate, extend and enrich learning for all. It must also consider current government policy, legislation and funding; the National Quality Standards; the importance of quality improvement plans, IEPs, IFSPs, SSPs, behaviour management plans; pedagogical practices; curriculum development; and environment provision. Report layout: ? Part 1. Describe how you are going to work with your team and the approach to inclusion you are going to implement. ? Part 2. Identify current government policy, legislation, funding and quality standards you must consider. ? Part 3. Outline other professionals, organisations and support services you will need to have partnerships with. ? Part 4. A completed inclusion improvement plan (IIP). ? Part 5. Describe the pedagogical practices and skills you will need in this learning environment. ? Part 6. Outline provision of an inclusive curriculum and environment for all the children in your learning environment. **Attached is the form for part 4 ***Approximately 500 words per part.