Overview
This course, grounded in a neurodevelopmental approach, will help you understand how to observe differences in individual children and respond in a way that supports each unique child to thrive, irrespective of their learning difference. It recognises that developmental disorders are spectrum disorders and there can be a world of difference between one child and the next and therefore avoids giving a one-size-fits-all approach. The course also address how we can celebrate difference and touches on when inclusion is suitable for the child and when other solutions may be more beneficial.
Whilst the course will impart a lot of information, it is also discussion based. You will carry out an observation and intervention for a child with learning differences in your own class (or home) across the academic year. These case studies will form the basis for discussion and sharing with the whole group. It is intended that this will enable you to draw on the experience of all the students and together to develop a way of working with children that can be applied in a myriad of situations.
