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Use your knowledge of your setting's children and their individual needs.
Page 225 of this STL handbook looks at the range of cognitive skills necessary for effective learning.
- Language and memory skills
- Logic and reasoning skills
- Sequencing and organisational skills
- An understanding of number
- problem solving and concept development
- Fine and gross motor skills
- sustained attention
Any impairement or disability that involves these will impact a child's ability to learn as effectively as their peers.
Quote from page 226
Understand the special educational needs of children and young people with emotional, behavioural and social development needs
Some pupils in your school or college are likely to have behavioural, emotional and socail developmental needs, which means that they will have difficulty i managing their emotions. They are likely to have challenging and disruptive behaviours, specific learning difficulties such as attention defecit disorder (ADD), lack concentration be withdrawn or have immature social skills, and others. These kinds of issues can be very challenging to manage, and you will need to know and understand the needs of pupils and the reasons behind them so that you are able to work with others to support them more effectively.
Ability to communicate feelings, needs and ideas
Making own decisions
Accepting responsibility for own actions and the consequences
Page 231 The effects of physical disabilitywill have both physical and psychoplogical effects on the individual. Depending if they were born with the disability or not, this may vary, although the impact may be on all areas of development.- self-esteem and confidence
- motivation and the potential to feel helpless and unable to do what they want
- potential to feel isolated as the inclination or ability to join in with others in impaired
Long standing or progressive conditions
Progressive or long standing conditions may affect a child or younf person's behaviour as well as making it difficult for them to focus on day-to-day activities. Again their self-esteem and motivations may be affected, as well asthe condiotoion leadiong to frustration. They may also having feelings of hopelessness, deppression, particualrly if the condition is progressive.
Chronic illness, pain and fatigue
A chronic illness or condition is one that is ongoing over a period of years and in many cases is lifelong. Effects may be- constant feeling of tiredness, aking it possible that pupil finds it difficult to participate
- side effects of medication
- constant pain
- other effects , depending on the condidiotn for example effects on the famikly, or limited independence
In addition, these pupils may experience anger, anxiety, frustration and depression due to their condition, and those around them need to be aware of this as it is likely to affect their behaviour and motivation.
Supporting pupils at schoolwith medical conditions gov.uk
http://www.thelocaloffer.co.uk/
NASEN guide to SEND
https://www.headstogether.org.uk
https://www.mencap.org.uk
unicef Take Us Seriously
https://youngminds.org.uk/
Hope this helps a little, best wishes with completing the course xx