Learning could be an easy task for normal people but could be a hard one for pupils with postural deviations, especially the ones who have severe types of musculoskeletal and orthopedic deformities. It is therefore important for educators to focus on the needs of students who are currently suffering from conditions like the abnormal curvature or the spine or scoliosis, a congenital or acquired amputation and other deformities that would limit the amount of their learning in a classroom setting.
Key Points
No matter what type of deformity or any abnormal condition a child has, it is important for educators to make them feel as if they do not have any condition at all. They should be able to feel like every other normal child in the classroom so that they could focus their attention in learning and not on disturbing thoughts about their current condition (Letko, 1997).
In assigning learning activities that involves the participation of the whole class, it is also important that the educators consider if there is anyone in the class who have any condition that may causes moderate to maximum difficulty in performing motions (Brescia, 2005).
The important thing in teaching a student with any MS or orthopedic condition so that he can adapt well in the class is that he feels as if like every other child in the classroom and not as someone with a deformity.
Classroom and Instruction Application
Helping all of the students inside the classroom learn can be practically harder if you have to consider the most effective type of approach for all students given their different conditions. It is basically easy to apply the new knowledge and learning about the MS and Orthopedic conditions of child because all you have to remember is to make the child feel as if he is like every other child.
As long as this is achieved, there could be a guarantee that the student will do just fine in every learning activity, no matter what type of condition or deformity he has.
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