Module+5+Supporting+children+with+Special+Education+Needs+with+ICT

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 * Supporting children with special educational needs through ICT **
 * __Aims__
 * **to broaden and deepen participant’s understanding of the different ways ICT can help to provide access to the curriculum for children with special educational needs.**  
 *  **to develop a wider range of practical strategies to help participants use ICT in the daily work with children who have special educational**  **needs  **
 *  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> __Learning Outcomes__   <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">            **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**to describe the relevant sources of information which relates to SEN and inclusion in the classroom**
 * ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">to describe the role of the supporting educator in relation to children with Special Educational Needs  <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">  **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">to compare and contrast various pieces of educational software appropriate for children with SEN **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**to use ICT to implement individual educational plans (IEPs) for learners under their care**
 * ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">to use ICT   <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">to produce    ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**a resource for use in the classroom with pupils who have been identified with special educational needs**

Sessions
Day One Role of the Supporting Educator and ICT Day Two Autism & Exploration of Clicker 5 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Day Three Hearing Impairment & Visual Impairment Day Four Final Day of the Course

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**__Evidenced by a portfolio__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**Coursework – including a review of legislation, roles and responsibilities, inclusion, support services, parental involvement, specific disabilities**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**A reflective piece of writing on the generic role of an educator supporting learning and teaching and analysis in the context of their own workplace context.**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**A study of a pupil with special educational needs or a study of how an education organisation meets the requirements of SEN legislation**
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">A digital resource for children with special educational needs and an evaluation of the resource .**
 * **A learning log**