Learning Support

General

Primary Professional Development Service (PPDS): Useful resources, policies and plans relevant to Learning Support

Differentiation: Strategies and guidelines from the PPDS

Learning support strategies: from the PCSP

Co-Teaching

Co-Teaching: A comprehensive guide to what it is and its elements

Six approaches to Co-Teaching: Examples of various models

Co-Teaching Structures: with examples of how one teacher has worked each structure.

Team Teaching: Strategies and guidelines from the PPDS

Team Teaching: A review checklist

Team Teaching DVD: The SESS has produced a 25min DVD on team teaching; click here to preview and order

Team Teaching and SEN: Click here to access a presentation from the SESS which explains the rationale behind Team Teaching

A Fresh Look at Team Teaching: Article on Team Teaching from The Teacher Trainer Journal

Learning Support & Numeracy

Mata sa Rang: An InTouch article on Maths Recovery

Mathematical Difficulties: This article examines why children have difficulties and how they can be recognised

Mathematics Intervention stategies: A brief outline of some strategies that may help children overcome difficulties in Maths

Ready, Set, Go-Maths is a practical handbook that provides guidance for infant teachers on a range of teaching and learning approaches to develop key concepts and skills in early number.

Count me in too! : A website in Australia dedicated to early intervention strategies, includes a children's site, with lots of interactive games