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Post by ethansmammy on May 31, 2006 11:04:25 GMT -5
I am a stay at home Mam so I have not had do look into this myself...... however my SIL contacted me regarding a neighbour who has a baby with DS who is due to go back to work and is finding it hard to find a day care that can accommodate DS. Now I have to say that I was shocked because I presumed that any day care would take him. Well they are looking for advice and I don't have any. Do any of the working parents have any advice? They are in Ontario.
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Post by Evans Dad on May 31, 2006 12:39:20 GMT -5
Our son Evan has been in daycare and pre-school all along. Unless there are special medical needs (besides therapy), your SIL's neighbor should be able to enroll in any day care. Evan had a feeding tube for the first year, and was enrolled in a typical day care, we just had to spend a 1/2 day with different teachers and show them how to use his pump. I know a lot of daycares are hard to get into because of capacity and waiting lists, but DS should not come into play at all.
If she thinks they are not accepting her child becuase of DS, the local health department should be able to help resolve that.
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Post by momofrussell on May 31, 2006 14:24:32 GMT -5
I never had a prob enrolling Russell in daycare when he was younger. I just made sure they were comfy, I wanted them to love him.. and they would say yes! I went through the Children's Home Society which I think each state has.. they give day care referals for in home and center based.
Good luck!!!!
A.
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Post by Kristin on May 31, 2006 23:56:15 GMT -5
I had no trouble with daycare when Clarice was an infant. Clarice had some therapeutic needs, but nothing that different from other infants. In fact, the county sent some of her teachers from the infant development program to the daycare to train the daycare personnel. It was a good learning experience for all. I did have trouble when she entered kindergarten because she wasn't potty trained. After contacting every decent daycare in town, I finally called her program manager at her school and they immediately made room for her at the daycare on her campus and have provided an aide ever since.
You might try letting the daycare know the child has special needs and describe them, rather than use the label Down Syndrome. Perhaps it is the stereotype of the label that is causing the problem rather than the actual issues.
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Post by Alice on Jun 1, 2006 8:28:36 GMT -5
Yes, we had big problems to put Luke into the regular day care and now deal with it on daily basis. I did not realize before that my son will not be welcome at some places.
First, find the day care which accept the child with DS. (Most of them do not want take care of a difficult child).
Second, make sure they keep him/her (they can do everything to take the child out).
Third, educate them everyday, because they are usually not experienced teachers and have zero knowledge about DS.
(For example one teacher thinks that Luke is not potty trained, because we - parents do not teach him to use a potty. And so on...)
But kids are very nice to him, they want to hug and kiss him all the time.
Good luck and please let us know how it is going on with the day care.
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