Observation Task 2: Identifying Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Focus: Identifying types of learning support needed for SEN students

Objective: To encourage student teachers to support and included the learning needs of
identified SEN students in the classroom

Procedure: Identify two children who have SEN and complete table 2 to highlight their needs
and identify support that is offered which facilitates their learning. If your class has no SEN
students you will need to go to a class that has SEN students in order to complete this task.

Table2: SEN Support for Students

Name Age IEP Area of Focus Type, range and frequency of support
provided / needed.

Evie 4yrs Possible ADHD: target to Daily Teacher Support with advice from
11mths try and sit still on the carpet Learning Enhancement Teacher:
for an agreed amount of
Sit child in space by the teacher
time (5 minutes)
at every carpet time;
provide a manipulative e.g.
squeezy ball;
use a movement cushion to
enable unobtrusive mobility on
the carpet;
Complete Reward Chart every
day.
Possible ADHD: target to Daily Teacher Support with advice from
let the student fish his work Learning Enhancement Teacher:
Yousif 5 Years (same number of work as
old Complete Reward Chart every
the other students) because
day.
he is slow.
Start with the simple work
then the hard ones.
Sit the child in front so the
teacher can check his work.