SSENS ICT SEN CourseModule 1 - Assessment

Who are we assessing?•Specific Learning Difficulties•Dyslexia•Down's Syndrome•Autism•Global Delay

What are we assessing for?•Recording •Access to the Curriculum•Communication

Aims• To provide a broad understanding of how ICT can help

assessment

• To look at the key components eg method and approach

• To understand the range of solutions related to the needs of recording, access to the curriculum and communication

Objectives• To know what tools to use in an assessment• To understand some of the issues surrounding

the need for assessment• To plan a realistic approach• To skill the SENCO in identifying need to SARF

for ICT help• To engage in activities that raise the main issues

ICT SEN Assessment Process• SARF - consider any evidence of the pupil's work

- use your professional judgement• Discussion with the SENCO/Classteacher(if

possible)/TA• Assessment• Report• Follow-up

Handwriting•Standard tests apply•Timed tests

▫Copy a sentence – 1 min▫Free-writing - 5 -10 mins

Spelling1.spoon - omission of double O2.learnt - silent letters which phonetic spellers often produce as

"lurnt"3.because - to see if they have acquired the "Big Elephants Can Always Use Small Exits" or similar

4.mighty - silent letters which phonetic spellers often produce as " mity"

5.chase - silent e6.has - understanding of grammatical rules of "as" and "has"7.there - understanding of grammatical rules of "their" and there"8.fact - over complictation often occurs " fatck"9.protractor - use this long word to see what strategies they use to

break the word down into bite size bits10.which - understand the homophones between "which" and "witch"

ICT Solutions•Grid selection •Word prediction •Speech Recognition•Audio •Video

Questions to consider• Can the ICT solution be incorporated on a

school laptop/computer better than an individual kit?

• Is there a way the school can organise small groups to use technology so that the pupil isn't being highlighted as different?

• Is the technological solution cool enough!! The wow factor - eg iPads at the time of writing.?

Activity 1

SARF referral Recording Issue

Activity 2

SARF referral Global Delay

ICT solutions for use in assessment

Activity 4

SARF referral Early Years