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Routes for Learning focuses on those early communication and cognitive skills that are crucial to all future learning and improved quality of life. The use of these materials is intended not only to support teachers in assessing learners’ current performance but also help them to discover what has shaped that performance.
The impact of, and relationship between, the physical, sensory and learning disabilities of many learners with PMLD, mean that learning will not necessarily be hierarchical. Nor can we assume that it will follow the pattern of development of most young children without these impairments. To build in the flexibility necessary to cater for the very individual needs of these learners, the Routes for Learning materials show a range of learning pathways.
This assessment celebrates the different abilities of learners with the most complex needs, rather than trying to fit them into an existing framework not developed with these needs in mind.
Instructions:
The assessment, once professionals familiarise themselves with it, is quite straightforward and can be completed in a relatively short period of time.
1. Read the Routes for Learning Assessment Booklet (document below): This booklet forms the basis of the Routes for Learning Assessment. It provides guidance on suitable assessment activities to set up, things to look for during the activity, and teaching strategies to move the learner on. (A copy of the DVD with examples below). If needed, you can find more information in the Routes for Learning Additional Guidance (document below). This document presents the principles behind the assessment and guidance on meeting the needs of learners with PMLD. This guidance document, written to support the use of the Routes for Learning materials, offers an overview of the main theories and background information underpinning the effective teaching and assessment of learners with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
2. Use the Routes for Learning Routemap Planer (document below) to complete the assessment using the suggested colour code.
Supporting material:
Routes for Learning Routemap poster
Routes for Learning example sheet
Routes for Learning Routemap Planner
Routes for Learning Assessment Booklet
Routes for Learning Additional Guidance
Teaching strategies (to move students to numbered step)
Routes for Learning DVD
Routes learning poster.pdfRoutes for Learning Routemap poster
routes for learning example sheet.pdfRoutes for Learning example sheet
Routes for Learning blank Routemap planner 2020 version 2.docxRoutes for Learning Routemap Planner
Routes for learning assessment booklet.pdfRoutes for Learning Assessment Booklet
Guidance.pdfRoutes for Learning Additional Guidance
TEACHING STRATEGIES 1-43 complete.docTeaching strategies
Routes for Learning DVD
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