Teaching a class with Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD) and communication needs presents unique challenges and opportunities to demonstrate your teaching skills. This post will explore some strategies and activities to help you create an effective start to your career in SEN. They have been designed for teaching in an SLD (Severe Learning Difficulties) or SLCN (Speech Language and Communication Needs). Often in SEN the age of the pupils is less important than meeting the learning needs. Before you plan your introductory sessions try to get some details about the level they are working at and the communication systems they use. I have written about age-appropriateness more here but in general avoid books such as "Going on a Bear Hunt, The Very Hungry Caterpillar etc with KS2 and older pupils. Writing your own story can be very powerful.
