Full Description
This book provides a clear, user-friendly curriculum designed to support primary aged children with Severe Learning Disabilities (SLD) and Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD).
Drawing upon the Communication at the Heart of the School (CATHS) approach, the curriculum is based on the premise that children learn when they are engaged. It provides practitioners with the skills and knowledge to personalise and create lessons that will engage their children according to their assessed levels and considers how activities can be adapted to meet many different learning needs. The book includes:
A quick screening assessment to supplement the complete CATHS assessment
A curriculum framework
Discussions on how to select appropriate curriculum objectives
A long-term activity planning map with National Curriculum links
Advice on how to plan lessons which engage and challenge
Individual topic plans as well as full lesson plans
Guidance on how to resource classrooms
Above all, this curriculum is realistic and is based on a practical formative assessment which enables children to be taught in groups and allows teachers to focus on creating both engaging and challenging lessons. It is an essential resource for both mainstream and special school staff, including SENCOs, classroom teachers, and senior leadership teams.
Contents
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Chapter 1: An Introduction to the CATHS Curriculum
Communication and Cognition Framework
Communication at the Heart of The School Curriculum
Chapter 2: Assessment
Screening Assessments
Isolated Skills
Chapter 3: Objectives
CATHS Curriculum Objectives
Lateral Progress
Recording Progress
Ambition and Aspirational Teaching
Further Discussion about the Limitations of Smart Targets for Children with SLD And PMLD
Chapter 4: Curriculum Guide
The Working Classroom
The Curriculum Guide Explained
Glossary: Explanations of Terms Used in the Guide
Chapter 5: National Curriculum Links and Core Subjects
Curriculum Subject Development
Core Subjects
Chapter 6: Enhanced Provision and Topics
Topic Map
Stories, Books and Literacy
Topic Plans
Chapter 7: Lesson Preparation
How to Prepare Lessons
Continuous Provision
Chapter 8: The Influence of Cognition on Learning by Alanna Storey
How Cognitive Processes Shape Learning
The Current Situation in Education
Understanding the Cognitive Barriers that Learners with SLD and PMLD Experience when Accessing the Curriculum
Understanding Starting Points
Afterword
Index
