Advice for teaching pupils with Special Educational Needs

What is the vision statement of Ellen Tinkham school?

• Everyone will follow the rules

• Everyone will be excluded

• Everyone will compete with each other

• Everyone will be the best they can be

What is the most important advice for a new teacher working with young people with additional needs?

• To ignore the individual needs

• To follow the mainstream curriculum

• To focus on group activities

• To be very personalized in their approach

What is the first and most important thing for a teacher working with young people with additional needs?

• To get to know the young person

• To follow the standard teaching methods

• To focus on academic achievements

• To maintain distance from the students

What is the key to building a good relationship with children with special educational needs and disabilities?

• Focusing only on academic progress

• Understanding what's important to them

• Enforcing strict discipline

• Ignoring their preferences

What is the approach to teaching young people with additional needs when it comes to adapting the curriculum?

• Ignore their learning style

• Expect them to fit into the standard learning styles

• Force them to follow the standard curriculum

• Personalize and adapt the curriculum to the individual

What is the advice for teachers when it comes to celebrating the progress of young people with additional needs?

• Focus on celebrating the small achievements

• Only focus on the big achievements

• Don't celebrate any progress

• Put pressure on the students for faster progress

What is the recommended approach for teaching number work to young people with additional needs?

• Expect them to learn in the same way as others

• Don't adapt the learning style

• Make it more physical and practical

• Force them to sit at a table for long periods

What is the overall perspective that teachers should maintain when working with young people with additional needs?

• Celebrate the tiny wins and stick with the aspiration

• Only focus on the bad days

• Ignore the progress of the students

• Put pressure on themselves and the students