Adaptation

At St Helen's Adaptive practices look like:

• Executive Functioning focus on Chikondi the Giraffe
• Differentiate content, process, or manipulatives based on pupil readiness, interests, or learning profile
• Use of NACE activities
• Visual timetables
• Now and Next
• Vocabulary Core Boards
• Widgets
• Provide scaffolds – word bank, diagrams, sentence starters, phrases and connectives
• Partially completed examples
• Exemplars and models to support
• Pre-teaching of key vocabulary/knowledge
• Offer enrichment or extension tasks
• Use alternative resources or formats (visual, auditory, tactile) to suit learning styles or needs
• Adjust pace, grouping, or assessment methods to maximise participation and understanding
• Makaton
• Colourful Semantics within lessons