Giving time to learners - Downs Syndrome SEN

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Giving time to learners - Downs Syndrome SEN

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Nancy Gedge makes yet another heartfelt posting on her blog - this time about allowing time for learners to learn what they need to learn - specifically about her Downs Syndrome son in this instance (as always, look through the 'readers' comments' too):

The Diary of a Not So Ordinary Boy


http://notsoordinarydiary.wordpress.com ... cription-2
And yet.

At thirteen years old he has had a year of instruction on a phonics programme, and guess what? He’s reading. He’s reading all sorts of things. From posters to calendars to road traffic signs to Which Caravan Magazine to the blessed reading book that still comes home, after all these years.
Debbie Hepplewhite
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