Unit 6

Understanding children’s additional needs

Class Do and Don’ts

Mobiles off

Have fun Be on time

Respect each other

Be involved Work Hard Take turns No eating in class Bring

pens/pencils

Objectives• Categorise biological and environmental

factors

• Define different categories of biological and environmental causes/ factors

• Create a poster to explain the two categories.

What do you want to learnthis session?

Warm up - MAKATON

• Makaton is a from of sign language usually used by children & adults with learning difficulties as it does not require literacy i.e. the ability to spell etc.

• You shall be learning signs throughout this module!

Makaton signs

Signs:MotherFather

Biological and Environmental

GeneticsDevelopmental

EnvironmentalOthers

Create a poster which defines and explains Biological and Environmental factors that

could lead to additional needs.

1.1. Define the terms: BiologicalEnvironmental (D1)

Make your poster attractive to the reader:• Include images• Think about fonts and colours

Always include you name, ‘M’ number and Cache pin(when provided with one)

DEADLINE: WK beg 3rd October 2016

Have we met our objectives

Did you meet your own objective?

• Identify biological and environmental factors

• Define different categories of biological and environmental causes/ factors

• Create a poster to explain the two categories.

Next Week

• We will look at Factors that cause additional needs.