Learning Outcomes:
9 am Admission and virtual tea/coffee to start!
9.05 am Warm Up Session!
9.15 am Session 1: Introduction to sensory learning
We start by introducing what we mean by sensory learning.
You will learn:
9.50 am Chat Task
10.00 am Session 2: Working with vision
This session will consider the role of vision as the coordinating sense and demonstrate how common visual difficulties affect a learner’s engagement and response.
You will learn:
10.35 am COFFEE
10.55 am Session 3: Working with hearing
This session will provide an overview of common hearing loss issues and their implications for working with our learners.
You will learn:
11.30 am Session 4: Sensory Play!
This session will consider the benefits of sensory play, both in terms of engagement but additionally as a foundation stage for further sensory work.
11.50 am Q & A
12 pm Thank you and close of session!
The ‘Book now!’ button will take you to a new page where you can book and pay for this course. Please note: if you are booking for someone else, please create the account using their name and email address. You will still be able to pay by credit card (even it has a different name/school name on it.)
By linking sensory learning activities to theory we make explicit the reason why this approach is crucial for learners with complex needs/autism.
We start with how the sensory system works and its role in learning. We introduce observation techniques to identify a pupil’s sensory preferences and to highlight their potential barriers to learning. We go on to use this information to create personalised sensory play activities.
If a pupil’s sensory system is impaired – how do we accommodate this in the classroom? Our focus will be on the key issues affecting pupils with a visual and/or hearing impairment.
We finish by introducing a toolkit of sensory learning ideas and activities you can use with confidence with your learners in your classroom tomorrow.
This session is aimed at teaching assistants and support staff. The resources, ideas and activities shared throughout the sessions will support staff in understanding how to implement these in the classroom with intent and effectiveness.
This will be appropriate for classroom practitioners from special schools and colleges, mainstream settings with specialist SEN provision and early years settings, who are working with pupils with complex learning needs and/or autism.
Each place costs £60 plus VAT (£72 in total.)
If you wish to make a group booking for this course – we can do this quickly and easily for you! Please email a spreadsheet with the first name/surname/email addresses of the delegates you wish to book for. Email to lois@hirstwood.com. We will then create access to this course for your colleagues. A Purchase Order Number will secure your booking.