A Resource for Teachers and School Learning Support Officers

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Student Services Riverina Region For many years our schooling system has focused on different aspects of learning and of support in isolation. These are often documented in separate plans for individual students. Examples of these may include: • IEPs or individual education plans • ILPs or individual learning plans • Health care plans • Behaviour plans • Personalise learning plans However, increasingly we know that these critical aspects are interrelated and impact on each other, for example: • a student with challenging behaviour may also have adjusted learning needs that need to be planned for and addressed for the student to achieve success. • a student with learning difficulties who has a life threatening health condition needs careful planning to ensure that her health care needs and her learning needs are properly and carefully considered and planned for together. Riverina SLSO Guidelines 2012. Adapted from Illawarra and South Region J.Agzarian 6
Student Services Riverina Region Effective Communication Language is the most complex piece of behaviour a human being ever learns (Crystal, 1986) The development of effective communication involves a number of elements: The ability to listen and maintain attention is a first step. This allows the development of knowledge about the sounds of language and how they combine to make words and phrases. Communication can be defined as how we put all the parts of language together: how we deliver the message how we take turns how we look at people and how close we stand Communication may take many forms: gestures facial expressions signs body language vocalisations speech written communication These are known as verbal and non-verbal communications Effective communication between adults responsible for the student learning is vital for the success of students learning outcomes. Therefore regular and effective communication and planning for student/class adjustments between the Class Teacher and School Learning Support Officer is essential. SLSOs should be involved in all stages of planning and time should be allocated for this planning. The Planning Cycle Riverina SLSO Guidelines 2012. Adapted from Illawarra and South Region J.Agzarian 7
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