Special educational needs and/or disabilitiesTraining toolkit

Session 4

Development and diversity

Planning

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Learning outcomes

You will:− understand some teaching styles and approaches for

students with SEN and/or disabilities− develop a repertoire of strategies to overcome barriers

for students with SEN and/or disabilities− know how to annotate planning to take account of

learning objectives, teaching approaches and modifications for individuals and groups

− understand the benefits of planning collaboratively

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Learning outcome

You will revisit the principles of inclusion, and focus on teaching styles and approaches that can support students with SEN and/or disabilities

Activity 1

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Teaching styles and approaches

Responding to students’ diverse needs

Setting suitable learning challenges

Overcoming potential barriers to learning

Teaching styles

Access

Learningobjectives

= inclusion

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Learning outcome

You will develop a repertoire of approaches to overcome barriers to learning for students with SEN and/or disabilities

Activity 2

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Removing barriers to learning: planning

− Identify strategies that will help all students achieve their learning objectives for the lesson or activity

− Ask yourself, “What are the barriers that might get in the way here?”

− Examples of barriers might be the language adults use to explain a task, or the amount they ask a student to recall at once

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The teacher could…

− support students’ understanding by using real objects and other multi-sensory materials

− avoid giving too many ideas or instructions at once− pre-teach concepts or key vocabulary− encourage pairs or groups of students to explain the

task or idea to one another to reinforce understanding

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Learning outcome

You will gain practice in adapting your planning to remove barriers to learning for students with SEN and/or disabilities

Activity 3

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Effective planning for students withSEN and/or disabilitiesEffective planning will:− be embedded in the teacher’s usual planning format− incorporate personal targets wherever possible− draw on the three principles of inclusion− involve collaboration

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Planning

− Consider whether any students might need to work on different learning objectives. How could you build this into the lesson?

− Identify any teaching styles or approaches that might be particularly effective with this class

− Identify specific barriers to learning that need to be removed to ensure students can meet the objectives. How might you remove them?

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Learning outcomes

You will:− reflect on key learning points from the session− identify key points of action to consolidate and apply

your learning

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Key learning points

Planning for students with SEN and/or disabilities should include appropriate:− learning objectives− teaching approaches− strategies to remove barriers to learning

It should:− be embedded in regular planning formats− incorporate personal targets− be done collaboratively whenever possible