Level C of this module builds upon the learning at level B.
Level B of this module introduces how the brain works and the neurological conditions
children with SLD/PMLD/CLDD may have.
Level C explores the adolescent brain, how the brain develops and can change, the
affect of learning on the brain and how teaching can affect working memory.
The materials in this level are intended to provide those working with children with SLD/PMLD/CLDD the tools to be able to:
- Understanding of the brain's biology and function;
- Summarise how overlapping patterns of strengths and difficulties and co-existence of conditions are the rule rather than the exception; and
- Begin to translate the findings of neuroscience into educational practice.
Details of the professional standards that apply to all teachers in England can be obtained from the Department for Education website. These standards apply to all teachers regardless of their career stage and all aspects of the standards are relevant to teachers working with children with special educational needs.
As defined by the Department for Education Special Educational Needs Code of Practice (2001), children have special educational needs if they have a learning difficulty which calls for special educational provision to be made for them.
Children have a learning difficulty if they have:
- A significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age, or
- A disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for children of the same age in schools within the area of the local education authority.
