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Strength Based Language Essay

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Strength-based language is language that focuses on the person themselves, instead of their disabilities or weaknesses. As an educator you have a huge influence on your students, and colleagues’ actions, attitudes, and language. As a teacher, you need to refer to a person with their name not with their disability. For example, if you have child in your child care center that is deaf, you need to refer to them with their name, not as the “deaf kid” or “the kid who can’t hear.” If a child hears you call one of their peers as “the deaf kid” then it’s very likely that they’ll refer to that child as the deaf kid as well. You should only refer to a child’s disability if it is relevant to a conversation. You should create a loving and caring environment
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