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Visual bridges for special learners : a complete resource of 32 differentiated learning activities for people with moderate learning and communication disabilities

By: Moor, Julia.
Publisher: London Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2013Description: 339 pages : ill. ; 30 cm + 1 CD-ROM.ISBN: 9781849053013.Subject(s): AUTISM | SPECIAL NEEDS | ADOLESCENTS | SPECIAL EDUCATION | VISUAL LEARNING | ACTIVITY PROGRAMMES | SPEECH THERAPY | LANGUAGE THERAPY | INDIVIDUAL TEACHING | COMMUNICATION | LIFE SKILLS | LITERACY | ADULTS
Contents:
Introduction Section 1. Learning Skills; Senses, Process and Recall Introduction Activity 1.1. Senses: Which Sense? - A Group Warm Up Activity 1.2. Process: A Group Tactile Discrimination Game Activity 1.3. Process: A Sound Discrimination Activity Activity 1.4. Process: Rhythm Bingo - Sound Memory Activity 1.5. Recall: See, Imagine, Memorize Activity 1.6. Recall: A Group Picture Study Activity 1.7. Recall: Picture Prepositions Activity 1.8. Senses: A Sensory Composition Section 2. Cooperation and Teamwork. Introduction Activity 2.1. Manners Bingo Activity 2.2. Hands on the Line Activity 2.3. Act it Out Activity 2.4. Board Game Builder Activity 2.5. A Flock of Poems Activity 2.6. Team Menu Maker Activity 2.7. Collage Race Activity 2.8. Team Art Section 3. Introduction Activity 3.1. Awareness of Self and Others; First Impressions Activity 3.2. Self Awareness: My Choices - A Picture Preference Portrait Activity 3.3. Self Awareness: What am I Feeling? - Identifying and Labelling Internal States Activity 3.4. Self Awareness: Understanding Me - Outside In Activity 3.5. Self Awareness; Several Steps to Bloom - A Visual Strategy for Personal Goal Setting Activity 3.6. Awareness of Others: Using Preference Portraits to get to Know Others Activity 3.7. Awareness of Others; Situations, Feelings, Actions Activity 3.8. Awareness of Others: Different Perspectives Section 4. Early Literary Skills; “The Fruit Bowl”. Introduction Activity 4.1. (2 levels) Mark Making - Copy, Colour and Control Activity 4.2. (2 levels). Rhythm and Rhyme, Finding and Using Rhymes to Make Poetry Activity 4.3. (2 levels): Discuss and Describe - Language Development; Adjectives Activity 4.4 (2 levels). Storytelling; Take a Picture, Weave a Narrative.
Summary: "This book presents thirty-two original, engaging and highly visual learning sessions. The activities have been specifically designed to develop learning skills, self-awareness and awareness of others, explore representation, language and early literacy, and cooperation and teamwork. Each session is comprehensively described and includes worksheets, learning aims and suggestions for differentiation and extension activities for either group work or individual learning. These activities will help to develop confidence and motivation by using highly visual resources to bridge the gap between language and cognition. They will be perfect for teachers and trainers running college classes and community education centres, day and residential care centres and training programmes. All the worksheets are included in colour on the accompanying CD." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE
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"This book presents thirty-two original, engaging and highly visual learning sessions. The activities have been specifically designed to develop learning skills, self-awareness and awareness of others, explore representation, language and early literacy, and cooperation and teamwork. Each session is comprehensively described and includes worksheets, learning aims and suggestions for differentiation and extension activities for either group work or individual learning. These activities will help to develop confidence and motivation by using highly visual resources to bridge the gap between language and cognition. They will be perfect for teachers and trainers running college classes and community education centres, day and residential care centres and training programmes. All the worksheets are included in colour on the accompanying CD." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE

Donated by The Freemasons Charity

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Introduction
Section 1. Learning Skills; Senses, Process and Recall
Introduction
Activity 1.1. Senses: Which Sense? - A Group Warm Up
Activity 1.2. Process: A Group Tactile Discrimination Game
Activity 1.3. Process: A Sound Discrimination Activity
Activity 1.4. Process: Rhythm Bingo - Sound Memory
Activity 1.5. Recall: See, Imagine, Memorize
Activity 1.6. Recall: A Group Picture Study
Activity 1.7. Recall: Picture Prepositions
Activity 1.8. Senses: A Sensory Composition
Section 2. Cooperation and Teamwork. Introduction
Activity 2.1. Manners Bingo
Activity 2.2. Hands on the Line
Activity 2.3. Act it Out
Activity 2.4. Board Game Builder
Activity 2.5. A Flock of Poems
Activity 2.6. Team Menu Maker
Activity 2.7. Collage Race
Activity 2.8. Team Art
Section 3. Introduction
Activity 3.1. Awareness of Self and Others; First Impressions
Activity 3.2. Self Awareness: My Choices - A Picture Preference Portrait
Activity 3.3. Self Awareness: What am I Feeling? - Identifying and Labelling Internal States
Activity 3.4. Self Awareness: Understanding Me - Outside In
Activity 3.5. Self Awareness; Several Steps to Bloom - A Visual Strategy for Personal Goal Setting
Activity 3.6. Awareness of Others: Using Preference Portraits to get to Know Others
Activity 3.7. Awareness of Others; Situations, Feelings, Actions
Activity 3.8. Awareness of Others: Different Perspectives
Section 4. Early Literary Skills; “The Fruit Bowl”. Introduction
Activity 4.1. (2 levels) Mark Making - Copy, Colour and Control
Activity 4.2. (2 levels). Rhythm and Rhyme, Finding and Using Rhymes to Make Poetry
Activity 4.3. (2 levels): Discuss and Describe - Language Development; Adjectives
Activity 4.4 (2 levels). Storytelling; Take a Picture, Weave a Narrative.

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