Suzanne

I am an experienced primary school teacher who has worked in a wide range of year groups across the eyfs and primary phase and taught all subjects part of the national curriculum. During this time I have worked with children with a wide range of send needs including, speech and language, ASC, ADHD, PDA, ODD, dyslexia and those have have experienced trauma.
I am able to create and establish calm and engaging environments for children to lean, develop and thrive as well as meeting the child where they are at on any given day as I understand that they need consistency and adaptability.
I have built many positive working relationships with both the children and families I have worked with.

my experience e working with children with ASC:

Some of the children I have worked with have been part of the mainstream provision while others have been part of a high coin unit. Some of the children I have worked with have been academically secure but struggles with their social and emotional interactions and anxiety but other have needed more support and tailored learning to achieve and thrive academically. Some of these children have also had a PDA profile for these children I was able to support them more effectively by incorporating elements of freedom and choice into their learning.

My experience of working with children with ADHD:

I have worked with many children diagnosed with ADHD (sometimes AUDHD). I found that many of these children benefited from task boards and visuals as well as gentle refocusing and prompts. It is also to maintain a positive learning environment.

My experience working with children with speech and language difficulties:

I have worked in a school that had a speech and language centre attached as part of this I worked closely with therapists to implement support and tailor teaching and learning.

My experience working with children with anxiety, low self esteem or trauma:

within my teaching career I have worked with children who have been in care, lost a parent or supported from anxiety and low self esteem  with the children before it is possible for them to learn you must first build a relationship and environment in which the learning can happen where they feel safe, secure and able to try, fail and succeed.