Our approach to teaching & learning.
Our approach to teaching and learning
We have learnt from working with neuro-diverse learners with a range of needs and learning styles that building a relationship and working within their interests and individual styles is key to good practice.
Our sessions combine concepts with practical learning and are heavily supported by visuals in order to support language comprehension and acquisition. We focus on developing and consolidating communication & language skillsas these play an integral part in accessing all areas of the curriculum.
Sessions are focused around exploration, media, interests and above all play!
Being adaptable
They key to working with neuro-diverse and SEND learners is to be able to adapt to their needs and interests. Quite often what we plan for a session and the activities we actually do are completely different! As long as we have a good understanding of the learners we are working with and have their goals in mind then we can feel free to follow their lead and be flexible !
Building on special interests
At the learning and play hub we build in learning concepts that support academic learning and developmental skills through our students interests! Our aim is to motivate and inspire children to want to learn these key life skills. That all begins with learning about them as an individual and building a relationship. Focusing on things that they find interesting and embedding that into their curriculum.
Play
Play is a key part of building children's social communication skills, cause & consequence understanding, problem solving, imagination and executive functioning. Play is a way of children accessing and processing the world around them in a safe way allowing for exploration and development. At the hub we embed play into the curriculum not only to motivate learners but to support the development of play skills and all the positives that come with the ability to play independently and with others.
