Well, it came through the post today. Impressively prompt I must say.
The majority of the report was a simple re-affirmation of what we had gone through with the EP on the day of his interview. The important bits were in his conclusions:
That Megan should be placed in a ‘nursery provision with adults used to working with children with complex communication and social interaction issues.’
Teachers should liase with the Speech and Language Therapist to improve communication skills. Methods should include:
Using TEACCH symbols and timetables to make the day predictable for Megan, use the Picture Exchange Communication System to help Megan understand the importance of asking for things, teaching specific words and phrases to use in a proper social context, use ryhmes and songs to produce predictable patterns of language as a communicative aid.
All sounds very laudable and worthy and I agree with the measures as proposed but I’d like to see them made a bit more ‘real’ i.e. I’d like to see an example curriculum of a typical day in Megans nursery education using these tools. We’ll no doubt say that in our response to the report.
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