Observation Task 2

Identifying Children with Special

Educational Needs (SEN)

Couse: EPC-2903
Course Teacher: Antoinette Wiseman
Done By: Ayesha Hassan
 Observation Task 2: Identifying Children with Special Educational
Needs (SEN)

Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Focus: Identifying types of learning support needed for SEN students
Objective: To encourage student teachers to support and included the
learning needs of identified SEN students in the classroom
Procedure: Identify two children who have SEN and complete table 2 to
highlight their needs and identify support that is offered which facilitates
their learning. If your class has no SEN students, you will need to go
to a class that has SEN students to complete this task.
Table2: SEN Support for Students
Name Age IEP Area of Focus Type, range, and frequency
of support
provided/needed.

Sultan Six Possible pervasive -Provide 1-1 support

years developmental -Peer and adult
three disorder (PDD): interaction
month Target- to improve -Repetition of the
s communication and instructions
language skills by -Modifications for writing
responding to yes tasks ( making guiding
lines so he can trace)
for what he wants
-Encourage him to talk
and no for what he
more with his peers and
doesnt want. teacher to show his
needs and develop his
linguistic skills.

Ahmed Five Possible -Peer and adult

years communication, interaction
three speech, and social -Positive feedback and
month skills difficulty. reinforcement
s Target: - To improve -repetition for the
his communication instructions or what is
skills and blend him needed from him
because he has a slow
with his peers in the
reaction.
classroom
-Encouragement to talk
in front of whole class.
Reflections on Observation Task 2: Identifying
Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Read the questions below and write your answers

1. What is the school policy for inclusion for SEN students in the school?
The parent tells that his child is a special need child and he brings the
Medical and psychological reports. They use Stanford-Binet Intelligence
Scale, the IQ test, and other social skills problems tests. The SEN
teacher checks the childs psychological and medical reports. Children
go through a test in the school to make sure that this child can talk,
repeat and that is not hyperactive because it would affect the peers in
the classroom. If everything met the standards and the child can be
included in the classroom, they accept having this child in an inclusion
classroom. They create an IEP according to the results of the testing to
develop the skills the child needs.
2. What accommodations were made for the identified SEN students in
the classroom?
SEN services according to the case of the child like one to one support
and individual supporting classes that are approximately 3-4 classes a
week. An IEP is created for each SEN student, and if the child had
behavioral problems, they would create a behavior plan for him that
would include strategies to control the behavior of the child.
3. Was there any assistive technology, other equipment or materials used
with the identified SEN students? If yes, please describe the equipment
that was used and what it was used for.
Visual aids like the Smartboard, iPad, and flashcards because most of
the SEN students are visual students.
4. What teaching strategies did your MST use with the identified SEN
students?
The teacher provides 1-1 support for the SEN students. For the child with
PDD the teacher modifies the curriculum so, for example, he should not
write the number 1 he should trace the lines to form the number1. She
also keeps involving children with their peers for example while working
in an activity. Other students help their SEN friends, and that make them
develop social skills and shows that the inclusion class is successful.
5. Where there any other school staff that worked with the identified SEN
students? If yes, please explain their role and what they did with the
identified SEN student.

The SST which consists of the classroom teacher, classroom assistant,

the SEN teacher, social worker and the nurse.

6. Do you think that SEN students should be included in the classroom or

taught in a class specifically for SEN students? Why / Why not?
For SEN students, they can be included in the classrooms, but it
depends on their disability. They can be included in the classroom if
they wont cause harm to other children or affect the classroom. The
tests that are being made to evaluate the SEN students determine
whether a child can be included in the classroom or not. But every SEN
student needs individual support to develop the aspects he is weak in.