[senco-forum] Verbal Dyspraxia

Yes, I take your point.  I asked the question because in most of the primary schools I know the SSAs are overstretched during the Literacy Hour because that is when most kids need most help.  You can do so much more to improve pupils' learning if you can have an adult working with them either individually or in a small group.  This pupil would lose the benefit of the Literacy Hour input and other pupils would lose the benifit of the SSA's support in the Literacy Hour, it seems to me.
  Amanda
  Secondary SENCO
  Cornwall

Alyson Mountjoy <saylon_uk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
  " Why do you think it is logical that support to do
with speech production should be given INSTEAD of part
of the Literacy Hour and not AS WELL AS the Literacy
Hour? "

If it were feasible to do so, children should be given
as much support as is needed but I took it that this
was the only time that the child could be guaranteed
this support on a daily basis as SSAa were so
stretched.

If for this child it helps them access literacy,
surely then it is necessary whenever it is done??

Surely it is a priority to help a child, to access an
appropriate educationm, no matter how inconvenient?

Perhaps under tha circumstances it might be possible
to apply for an extra SSA to be specially trained
leaving the others free?

Best wishes,
Aly

Chair Auditory Processing Disorder in the UK/APDUK
www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm 
www.apduk.org

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Amanda
Secondary SENCO
Cornwall