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Classroom Strategies

Classroom Strategies

As detailed throughout this toolbox, children with learning and language difficulties often have trouble understanding what is said to them in the classroom, and forming thoughts to provide answers when called upon in the classroom (Brown and Ford 2007).

In addition to the specific strategies contained within this toolbox, this section provides some general 'whole class' guidelines/ ideas for supporting students in everyday contexts.

Useful Resources

  • Circle Time Rules
    A poster with rules for Circle Time.
  • Calming Down
    A visual reminder to help children calm down.
  • Calm Down
    A visual sequence for calming down as well as a choice board of calming activities.
  • Teacher Visuals
    These PCS enable teachers to give instruction visually to support children's needs.
  • First Then Charts
    Visual supports used to represent, order and track tasks or events. 2-3 tasks.
  • Timetable Visuals
    A wide range of PCS suited for K-12 Key Learning Areas and classroom activities.
  • Proloquo2Go Core Vocabulary
    A screen shot of one of Proloquo2Go's core vocabulary templates. A great resource to model and teach the skills need to manipulate Proloquo2Go, to teach core vocabulary, or use as a PODD template.
  • Mini PODD
    A Mini PODD for those who are just learning to interact with PODD books. 8 pages that allow you to make comments, requests and ask questions.
  • Who is the Teacher Today?
    A visual to show children who is on class each day.
  • Morning Work Sheet 2
    A daily worksheet using Picture Communication Symbols for children to circle the day, weather and feelings.
  • Morning Work Sheet 1
    A daily worksheet for children to fill in their name, the date, day, weather and feelings.
  • Message Board
    A visual support for locating people and places.
  • Whose Turn Template
    This resource is used to help children learn to take turns.
  • Talking in Class
    A visual reminder for students who call out in class.
  • Class Talking Chart
    A chart to help manage talking in the classroom.
  • Self Assessment (detailed)
    A chart to help students reflect on their learning.
  • Self Assessment (simple)
    A chart to help students reflect on their learning.
  • AAC - Starting Out
    This booklet contains some Boardmaker symbols and the corresponding signs for vocabulary used frequently at school.

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