Intervene

Intervention is trying various strategies to help the child reach an identified goal(s). Resources for intervening include curriculum activities, possible peer interactions and direct teacher involvement with the child.

Some basic intervention guidelines

Follow the Child’s Lead

• Gear your responses and actions to those of the child
• Let the child show the way she wants to play
• Encourage and facilitate the play by watching her cues
• If you dominate the play, the child is not learning the skills you hope to teach her

Match Play to the Child’s Developmental Level
Activities which are too complex for a young child or too simple for a mature child cause frustration.
Activities should be planned so that children are challenged without being frustrated.

Respond to Children as Individuals
Each child comes to the group setting with his or her own personal history and abilities. Though there are great similarities among children at every age, each child deserves and needs to be viewed and respected as a individual.