Children’s spirituality and inclusion
Strengthening a child’s spirit with community, resilience and joy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20504468 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen I Harris (0000-0001-9490-5780, Seton Hill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 161-177 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Children s Spirituality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-436X • E-ISSN: 1469-8455 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1364436x.2015.1086728 |
| OpenAlex | W2237780859 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 31 |
The vision of inclusion speaks to the minds, hearts and spirits of children with disabilities. A meaningful inclusive atmosphere exists when children with and without disabilities are physically engaged and interact with one another as a community in a variety of activities. Spirituality for children with disabilities within an inclusive early childhood classroom requires an education that is intellectual, emotional, social, moral and spiritual. In this type of environment, children with disabilities and peers can flourish in a warm and welcoming community. This paper contributes to the literature and asserts the importance of the 'forgotten' dimension of early childhood special education. Learning strategies to inform teachers and parents for establishing an inclusive welcoming classroom for children with disabilities are offered by exploring a spiritual curriculum emphasising holistic education with peers through strengths-based projects, small group work and peer-mediated interventions for supporting the interests of each child and developing the capacity to develop resilience and joy
Curriculum · Developmental psychology · Early childhood education · Holistic education · Pedagogy · Psychological intervention · Psychological resilience · Spiritual development · Spirituality · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Family and Disability Support Research · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology
Academic resilience and its psychological and educational correlates
Frames of mind
The Child's Conception of Physical Causality
Re‐conceptualizing spirituality in the light of educating young children
Listening to children on the spiritual journey
Spirituality and early childhood special education
Nurturing Spirituality
Spirituality, Education & Society
Adversity, resilience and young people
A preventive intervention for enhancing resilience among highly stressed urban children
Test correlates of stress resilience among urban school children
Student attitudes toward peers with disabilities in inclusive and special education schools
Multivariate impact of health and caretaking risk factors on the school adjustment of first graders
School readiness
Creating sacred experiences for children as pathways to healing, growth and transformation
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |