[senco-forum] Help

When I worked as a special needs support assistant we used to have a  
lunchtine homework club and the pupils at the dyslexic resource base used  to bring a 
friend along who invariably usedto be impressed by the "cool" room,  PCs and 
things that they saw these pupils got to use there while they had to  stay in 
class... also they had the use of laptops in class which other kids  didn't 
have so that was a plus for coolness! Pictures of famous and successful  
dyslexics helped too, peole like rock stars, actors and sports people they  
recognised...Richard Branson always impressed them because he was rich, Keanu  Reeves 
and Tom Cruise, are coo, Jamie Oliver "that cook off the telly" was  popular 
too!b Also the fact that we used to go places like Alton Towers for a  trip each 
year with the pupils from the main SEN department...  

Help the other pupils see that everyone has compensatory gifts  and that 
being perceived as being different isn't always a bad thing.

Best wishes,
Aly

Chair Auditory  Processing Disorder in the UK/APDUK
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