Question

Techniques used to teach children with mental retardation

Answer 1

HEY THERE !

I'll discuss some techniques in order to deal children with slower mental development or kids that're mentally challenged and/or "Mentally retarded". Because this's in my course, I can answer this.

A mentally degraded or challenged child or a child with mental retardation shows immense and extremely slow response in his developing mental health and intellectual capability. Basically this means he'll be more prolonged in learning than children in "His age" or a "same level" or "same intellectual ability on a same state". Expressions in their faces and movement of hands take more time as they grow and this means most of the skills are developed later on and some of them quite early.

Mental retardation will be on a scale or I can say from very mild like a child of 14 year old is showing intellectual capability of a 10 year old, then this's a mild form of Mental retardation and it'll take a longer time to compete with others and develop skills. A person who's retarded in a severe way let's say "15 year old" has a intellectual quotient and/or a mental age of "2 years old" this'll take more time and effort to develop the skills hence great care is required.

Usually some techniques like helping them grow from start and giving good care is the best way to overcome mental retardation or least to say recover their normal lives. Every work done by them should be highly appreciated, acknowledged and praised with a boost of encouragement with a proper behavior development by instilling basic values with of course, extra help in everything.

Affectionism is a must for this if there's no Affection behavioral development and skills are going to be affected. Showing patience as a parent or psychiatrist or anyone who cares that affected child helps the child continue and the effort aren't lost easily. Preserving all the trainings in effortless way develops more of mental capacity and an increasing or constant capacity thus aiding in a mutual respect and self-belief.

Even More techniques would've been showing training sessions and techniques are to be consistent and not showing any stoppage in dedication to correct that child's mental retardation.

Every time thinking about a certain skill to be attained like that will be never equal to another skill, that skill-set basically means "He has cleared that course of session" and needs to be familiar with "connected technical skill". So yeah those peeps wanna put a plenteous time with motionary stimulating words or signs or touches in order to recognise that "skill" to be "developed".

Basics first, expert things after that, shortly into technical stuff of complex processes. For an example teaching the child to be able to welcome someone and then indulge into a conversation or in case of he's disabled mentally and physically, sign language and politeness in using them would've been a better idea to execute a proper communication.

In some points all of them can be used to convey a picture and basic needs of children included.

1) Correcting by proper manners or "Societal norms" by providing certain warnings and obeying and respecting their actions with delicate handling and lesser or very weak punishments can maintain a good disciple in a voice of friendliness.

2) If a child does something wrong or incorrect correct him in anyway if he's misguided correct him in a way which shows "No anger or frustration" to keep emotions balanced.

3) Exclude him from a generally attached item for a long time like a gadget, tool, toy, etc. and people too since it may make "situations awkward" and perform "bad image".

4) Remove him from a specific friend group or a social connection in case if he's a little too unworkable, hyperactive, excited than usual, not controllable in that team, etc. and make him sit alone in a general silent area for "recovering and balancing those emotions".

5) Scolding and shouting at top of your voice ain't gonna help and instead it'll make that child think you as a "typical enemy" instead of "a friend" so, while communicating be quite and firm in your voice and actions.

6) Arising Confusions occur when they're not able to properly "grasp" those grateful elaborations, explanations and critically reasoning then for their actions, be "Simple".

7) Telling him right on his face to "force" the things to be done or "falsely admitting" like you "Care him", "Love him", etc. are instead like "Hey I love you", you should rather do the contrary and actually "Do that" instead of telling, His response will be immediate in this case of course as you're willing to undertake his actions.

That's just a short guide which I believe will correct those mentally challenged children and improve the basic principles and skills for that.