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Thoughts on Therapy
Collen Tomko, Newsletter Editor, Parent to Parent of
Pennsylvania
One of the most important things to learn about a child
or anyone who has a disability, is that no matter what
disability they have, they are always more similar to
others then they are different. The disability is "one
part" of the person or "one characteristic". It does not
define who they are.
All children learn skills by interacting and being
nurtured in their natural environments. They also learn
skills by interacting with each other. When children
happen to have disabilities, they still have that same
need to interact and be nurtured in their natural
environments. Natural settings are those where the child
would typically be in if they did not have a disability,
i.e. home, daycare, regular education, and community
activities. Of course, they may have additional needs.
Nevertheless they remain first and foremost children who
have a need to experience the same things other children
do, or do not, for the same reasons
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