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When I read the outline and requirements for the Blog for this week, I knew that I am going to share Dr. Greenspan and Dr. Serena Weider DIR- Floortime model. This method is a research base study based on mutual interaction between the child with special needs and the adult, focusing on the child’s interest, “follow the child’s lead,” Interdisciplinary Council of Development and Learning, (ICDL), (n.d.). DIR stands for Developmental, Individual differences, and Relationship-based, ICDL (n.d.). Through a mutual, positive, and entertaining engagement and the use of Affect , which relates to the way the adult elevates his/her facial expression and tone of voice to create greater enjoyment into the mutual interaction,  ICDL, (n.d.), a social interaction occurs, and relationships are formed. That leads to the child’s growth and development in different domains, such as social-emotional, cognitive, and physical, ICDL (n.d). About two years ago, I was a Special education headteacher in a ...

I am privileged to work in early childhood education for almost two decades. As a professional educator that operated and managed inclusive early childhood programs, I am passionate about Inclusion, children with special needs, and equality. I learned from personal experience the essential contribution of inclusion for typically developing children and children with special needs. Besides, Inclusion allows children to feel like a unique individual at a young age and respect their peers based on their attributes and strengths. I intended to focus my simulation research on this topic, which will be Strategies to foster social-emotional skills in an inclusive classroom.  As I started the research process, I looked for articles that will relate and reflect my study’s topic. During this stage, the first challenge I faced was to refine and contemplate the keywords that will meet my interest area. I started typing the whole subject and could not found any related article. That leads me to...