Inclusive Curricula: English and Special Educational Needs
Here is a series of links to websites featuring the teaching of English to students with special educational needs. A category of SEN and a short description of content accompany each link.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Chandra Hawley is an American 7th-grade (England & Wales: Year 8) English teacher. What, from the teacher's perspective, are the positive and the negative qualities of Mike, a student diagnosed as having ADHD? What do you think about the advice she gives to other teachers about handling students with ADD/ADHD?
Planning, teaching and assessing the curriculum for pupils with learning difficulties: English
Special Educational Needs
National Curriculum website: Introduction, Responding to pupils’ needs, opportunities and activities at key stage 1-4, performance descriptions.
Special Education Reading and Language Arts
Special Educational Needs
English target-setting for the individual educational plans of learners with special educational needs.
Visual Impairment
The English theme issue of the Royal National Institute for the Blind newsletter.
Some useful resources for teaching English
Visual Impairment
A list published in the fourth issue of the RNIB Curriculum Close-Up newsletter.
Visual Impairment
Statewide Vision Resource Centre links to resources for adapting the curriculum for blind and low Vision Students.
Severe Learning Difficulties
Longmoor School and Residential Unit provide education for pupils with severe learning difficulties, aged 2 to 11. The Word document can be downloaded from the Longmoor Curriculum Support Downloads Page.
© 2001 D. R. Wilson