What do we mean by ‘communication needs’? Listening / paying attention
Understanding – verbal
Understanding – non-verbal
Understanding – reading comprehension
Vocabulary and word finding
Speech difficulties
Verbal expression
Written expression
Organisation
Social interaction
Communication difficulties, including ASD, is the most common form of SEN found in early years students.
In deprived areas up to 55% of 4 year olds have some kind of communication difficulty.
In secondary school 6-8% of students struggle with some aspect of communication – that is 2-3 per class and 1/100 students have ASD.
60% of the young people in the youth justice system have communication needs.
ACTIVITY 1
What happens when we listen and speak?:
The communication chain
Look/ attend
Interpret non-verbal communication
Listen/ hear
Remember
Understand the words
Understand the grammar
Understand the meaning –literal and non-literal
Choose the right words
Use grammar
Choose the right sounds
Speak appropriately = pragmatics
Have ideas and decide what to say
Speak fluently
listening
understanding expressive language
social use
Supporting listening and attention
What can we do to support listening and attention in the classroom?
Make eye contact with students when communicating and encourage them to do the same
Break activities down into chunks
Time individual activities
e.g. tell them that you will be back in 5 minutes and what you expect them to have done by then
Supporting understanding
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Supporting understanding
菜单
鸡汤
火腿三明治
带皮马铃薯
面食
冰淇淋
水果沙拉
Stick writing
Mind maps
Inference
The man walked carefully down the path.
What do we know? Help the child to identify facts.
What can we predict? Why might he be going carefully? What is most likely?
Are we right?
Supporting expression Modelling the correct use of language and correcting
their verbal errors
Give them plenty of time to respond
Provide task management sheets so that they (or you) can break down the task
Encourage mind mapping
Writing frames
Encourage all forms of communication
Don’t finish their sentences
Use a variety of questions or comment on what they say rather than question
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