Special Needs Assistants
Introduction
Special Needs Assistants came into existence in 1959 (The Open College, Janurary). Since then they have been employed to help students with disabilities in particular who attend specialist support schools or standardised mainstream national schools. Special Needs Assistants may be employed on a full or part-time basis (INTO, 2013). The benefit of the special needs assistants skills has been used to aid school authorities in making appropriate assessments and decisions, in terms of the best support for students with special needs. Jean Piaget's (1936) theory of cognitive development illustrates how a child can see the world through their eyes. Piaget doesn’t believe in the idea that intellect is a fixed trait. He regarded cognitive …show more content…
Procedure: Firstly, you speak with your supervisors on what activities you can do out of the seven tasks mentioned in the brief. The first task that was chosen was helping in the preparation and tidying up of the classroom.
Goal: You prepare the classroom before the children come to the (Rahoon Family Centre). You ensure the room is ready for the young people to learn in safety. This entails making sure pencils are topped, rubbers, toppers and rulers are on tables, and there is also rough work paper and dictionary’s left out.
Outcome: this is in case the children want to work on their homework by themselves to promote independent learning and a safe working environment.
Procedure: Before preparing the food, you must make sure your hands are washed, your hair is tied back and ensure the equipment being utilised is prepared properly. To maintain a routine, the youth must also wash their hands to ensure they're nice and clean, for health, safety and hygiene purposes.
After lunch, you wash the dishes and dry them off and put them away, spray and wipe down the table, clean the worktops and sweep the floor. This ensures everything is clean neat and tidy for the next day’s
Special Needs Assistants came into existence in 1959 (The Open College, Janurary). Since then they have been employed to help students with disabilities in particular who attend specialist support schools or standardised mainstream national schools. Special Needs Assistants may be employed on a full or part-time basis (INTO, 2013). The benefit of the special needs assistants skills has been used to aid school authorities in making appropriate assessments and decisions, in terms of the best support for students with special needs. Jean Piaget's (1936) theory of cognitive development illustrates how a child can see the world through their eyes. Piaget doesn’t believe in the idea that intellect is a fixed trait. He regarded cognitive …show more content…
Procedure: Firstly, you speak with your supervisors on what activities you can do out of the seven tasks mentioned in the brief. The first task that was chosen was helping in the preparation and tidying up of the classroom.
Goal: You prepare the classroom before the children come to the (Rahoon Family Centre). You ensure the room is ready for the young people to learn in safety. This entails making sure pencils are topped, rubbers, toppers and rulers are on tables, and there is also rough work paper and dictionary’s left out.
Outcome: this is in case the children want to work on their homework by themselves to promote independent learning and a safe working environment.
Procedure: Before preparing the food, you must make sure your hands are washed, your hair is tied back and ensure the equipment being utilised is prepared properly. To maintain a routine, the youth must also wash their hands to ensure they're nice and clean, for health, safety and hygiene purposes.
After lunch, you wash the dishes and dry them off and put them away, spray and wipe down the table, clean the worktops and sweep the floor. This ensures everything is clean neat and tidy for the next day’s