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Additional Educational Needs Session 2. reflections. Share your reflections from last week. Additional Educational Needs (AEN). Special Educational Needs (SEN) Gifted and Talented (G+T) English as an Additional Language (EAL). Case studies.
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reflections Share your reflections from last week.
Additional Educational Needs (AEN) • Special Educational Needs (SEN) • Gifted and Talented (G+T) • English as an Additional Language (EAL)
Case studies You have 3 case studies. Read through these individually and make any notes.
Case Studies In your group, identify what each child’s additional educational need is (SEN, G+T, EAL –could be two!). Discuss why you have identified that additional need.
Case Studies • In groups, discuss how you could support each child in their learning and write all your ideas on individual post-it notes. • Add the post-its to the poster for the relevant child.
Case studies Share ideas from post-its.
How do we support the child With Special Educational needs ? Flagging Raising initial concerns. • In Class Action (InCAPS)/ • Individual Education Plan (IEP) • LS team is directly involved with the child Exit / Monitor
What is meant by gifted and Talented? Brainstorm and come up with a definition.
What is meant by gifted and Talented? • Gifted students are those whose potentialis distinctly above average in one or more of the following domains: intellectual, creative, social and physical. • Talented students are those whose skills are distinctly above average in one or more areas of human performance.
How Do We Identify when a Child Might Gifted? • Observation • Achievement against learning outcomes in planning • Achievement against APP level criteria • Parent nomination
How do we support the child Who is gifted? Flagging Teacher / Parent Nomination • Enrichment / Extension • IndividualLearning Plan (ILP) • Subject / Partial / Full Acceleration • GT team is directly involved with the child
What is meant by English as an additional language? • English as an Additional Language (EAL) refers to the use or study of English by speakers of other languages. • English may be the child’s second, third or even more language.
How Do We Identify a Child for whom English is an additional language? • Intake Interview • Parent nomination • Teacher Observation and Nomination
How do we support the child for whom English is an additional language ? • In-class support by EAL Specialists • Planning includes differentiation for EAL • Language rich environment • Use of visual aids and non-verbal communication • Resources in English and home language • Explain concepts in home language and allow children to explain their thinking in both home language and English • Dual Language Program from next school year • Encourage home language to continue at home • EAL training for teachers and teaching assistants
Reflection AEN works best when: • All members work together as a team – teacher, TA, AEN specialist, parent and child. • All are involved in the identification, planning, implementation and observation of the learning needs of the children. • Everyone is an AEN teacher!