Support students’ processing and organisation skills
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Helpful classroom strategies years 1-8’
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Organise materials to support access
Organise materials to support access
Organise resources and the physical space to enable students to easily find what they need and replace it afterwards.
Ideas to support independence
Ideas to support independence
- Label key areas of the classroom and resources with visual and text labels. Keep the layout consistent.
- Provide a space for each student to manage their own resources.
- Signal clearly when the subject or discussion is about to change, begin or end.
- Provide students with information on a new topic in advance to allow them to build some understanding beforehand.
- Ensure students understand the task before they start working. Break the tasks into manageable chunks.
Offer visual timers
Offer visual timers
High contrast, uncluttered visual timers may support students in their time management and increase independence.
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Useful resources
Useful resources
Using visual schedules
This site looks at different types of visual schedules and how to apply them in the classroom.
Publisher: Inclusion Ed
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