2. Basic needs
Food and shelter
Children cannot acquire their own food or
sustain any reasonable shelter. The initial responsibility
of their parents or carers is this to provide a roof over
their heads and food in their stomachs.
Physical safety
Children cannot protect themselves from
aggressive adults (and other, stronger, children). They
thus need others to provide physical safety, keeping
them from harm and defending them when they are
threatened or attacked.
3. Basic needs
Emotional security
As their minds are developing, there
is much that children do not understand
and even the most innocent situations can
be deeply distressing.
4. Developmental Needs
Social skills
Children develop into people who must live and work
with others. For this they need to learn the rules of society. They
need to be able to communicate their ideas and desires. They need
to persuade and change minds.
Career abilities
To become functioning adults, children need to learn all
kinds of things, both at school and outside -- many abilities that
are useful in developing careers are not taught at school.
This can be very much an exploratory activity as children
discover their talents and the things that motivate them
(unsurprisingly, these often overlap).
5. Developmental Needs
Spiritual Needs
This is the quiet need inside that wants to know and
believe in a higher spiritual power than ourselves. This
need increases our awareness and sensitivity to the greater
aspects of life.
Creative Needs
This is the need to express yourself in any manner
you desire. This can include the arts, dancing, acting, and
writing - almost anything that allows you to feel
imaginative and inspired.
6. Developmental Needs
internal skills
Children also need to learn to be happy in
themselves and to cope with the difficulties and
traumas of life. They thus need to learn self-confidence
and emotional maturity.
8. Children with Special
Needs
Children with Special Needs require
special care. However, that is putting the
situation into very vague terms. Often, parents
may find that their child is diagnosed with a
condition that they have never even heard of.
When that happens, they have to start at the
very beginning of learning what the condition
is and what they can expect from their child.
9. Children with Special
Needs
Having the resources you need to
understand your child’s special needs is one of
the most valuable tools you can have.
“Special needs” doesn’t have to mean the
end of plans for the future. What it means is
that you will have to make some adjustments
to give the child the best possible outcome.
