This is an area which I don't always feel that I do successfully, but I'm getting better ! ICT and a bit of creativity tends to help.
As of 2006, I also joined a small working group in Norfolk, organised by Rob Lodge, to look at SEN in GEOGRAPHY. This has continued through into 2007.
Coming soon will be the results of our efforts.
Other members of the group are Helen Carty, Angie Crawley, Jonathan Hooton, Kirsty Lansdale and Rob Lodge along with other members.
Also going to be presenting some session at the Norfolk Geography Conference in October 2007
Some resources will also be hosted HERE.
In a related area, now added a new ENGLISH as an ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE page.
There is a wealth of information on the BECTA INCLUSION site, which has a downloadable GUIDE in .pdf format to cover various SLD's. They include information on the following topics:
They are well worth downloading.
There are apparently 4 areas of SEN, which then link with a number of particular learning difficulties.
a) Cognitive and Learning Needs
b) Behavioural, Emotional and Social Needs
c) Communication and Interaction Needs
d) Sensory and/or Physical Needs
USEFUL LEARNING SUPPORT SITES
There are several organisations which offer guidance and resources for teachers and parents.
More stuff HERE too.
Got a free literacy CD ROM from the TES in February 2002 called Picturing Literacy, which features images from several films.
Try also software and other stuff from SENTEACHER. Free downloads (many from free NGfL CD) and lots of links to other relevant sites.
There's also a site for improving provision for children who are ill and miss long periods at school. This is called SICKCHILDREN.
The BRISTOL DYSLEXIA centre has information and an online questionnaire to allow you to test for dyslexia.
There's also I AM DYSLEXIC: a personal site set up by 13 year old Barnaby Blackburn.
The Suffolk SLAMNET site has a useful article on teaching Geography to the most able children.
There's some official advice here from the DfES. National Curriculum site. This in itself is well worth a visit.
Gifted and Talented children are now also referred to as 'G and T's'. Need to consider how we identify them, and ensure that we best provide for these pupils. Some may consider these terms 'elitist' but it's clear that some students have a particular aptitude for particular areas of the curriculum. I was certainly gifted at school...and look at me now!
There's a good quote in the work of Muijs and Reynolds (2001) who say that
a 'bright child' will answer the questions, but a gifted child will question the answers...
There is now a G and T area of GeographyPages, which grew out of my involvement in a workshop at the GA Conference in 2005. The materials from the session that we did are available on the GA Website. See the page for more details.
DI SWIFT's NEW BOOK
This is a resource which I hope to get some time to look at soon. This has lots of ideas for delivering the curriculum to SEN pupils and may form part of a new Scheme of Work which we shall develop. Our existing curriculum is in need of a little more creativity and challenge. The challenge for us is to support the weaker students while still giving opportunities for the brighter pupils.
I shall be using some ideas from here to develop a session for a conference in May on 'Reaching the Hard to Reach' with ICT.
More on this on a new page HERE.
SPEAKING AND LISTENING RESOURCES
Resources coming soon....