Receptive Language Difficulties
Struggles to understand spoken language
Keep verbal information minimal when addressing the CYP
Use as much visual teaching as possible
Be precise with your vocabulary and repeat words if needed
Chunk information
Use small step instructions and get the CYP to repeat in their own words what they need to do
Difficulties following class routines
Keep class routines structured and predictable
Visual timetables or lesson visual timetable breakdown
Teach cue words
Over reliant on copying others
Ensure that you have used the identified 'ways in' for the CYP to complete the learning independently
Allow models of work to be used but then written in own words
Allow collaborative discussion, leading to independent writing
Finds it hard to concentrate
Allow CYP extra time to process information and formulate answers
Warn them before you ask them to verbally answer in class
Encourage the CYP to break down a task into manageable chunks if the adult isn't doing it for the CYP
Use a tick sheet for task completion
Takes things literally
Clarify misunderstandings sensitively
Be flexible with sanctions
Teach common idioms and their meanings
Keep language precise and stick to facts
Difficulty reading facial expressions or social nuances
Be sensitive pairing, especially for group work
Ensure good role models in paired and group work as student learns from watching per behaviour
Use social thinking skill strategies - predicting what facial expressions mean
Teach some common body language communications such as hands on hips and arms folded
Difficulty learning new vocabulary
Use opportunities for pre learning and over learning
Set homework to reflect the need to learn vocabulary or reinforce new concepts
Link new vocabulary to existing vocabulary
Use new words in sentences to show how the word would be used