Title: Methodological material for educators to work with students with mixed development disorders
Type of the resource: Handbook/Guide/Manual
Funded by: European Social Fund
Authors: Ilze Vilka, Signe Ērmane - Ļitvina
Type of disability: ALL TYPES
Target education level:
Language(s):
IPR: No
OER: No
Overall objectives of the inclusive learning resource
Inclusive learning intervention logic: (What are the overall broader objectives to which the action will contribute?)
Materials were developed as a result of project "Students with functional disabilities support system development". The goal of the project was to develop support system for teachers and parents working with students with special needs to ensure quality education and promote inclusive education standards. Developed interactive materials, work sheets, work books and other materials were intended to support students with different learning disorders as well as special needs.
Objectively verifiable indicators of achievement: (What are the key indicators related to the overall objectives?)
The material helps teachers, speech therapists, special education teachers and others support student language development: speech, reading, sound and letter differentiation skills.
Sources and means of verification: (What are the sources of information for these indicators?)
Development of the materials for students with mixed developmental disorders started as a branch of project "Students with functional disabilities support system development" held in Latvia in 2012. One of the projects outputs was educational material development for students with special needs. As a result many teachers, psychologists, special education teachers, speech therapists and other specialists were involved to develop applicable and necessary materials for teachers to deal with different educational problems in classroom.
Risks and Challenges:
Specific purpose of the inclusive learning resource
Inclusive learning intervention logic: (What specific objective is the resource intended to achieve to contribute to the overall objectives?)
Work sheets and text book are aiming to improve student with mixed development disorders speech formation, sound and letter differentiation skills, vocabulary expansion and counting skills. Materials are supplemented with methodological material for educators explaining the idea of material usage in educational landscape.
Objectively verifiable indicators of achievement: (Which indicators clearly show that the objective of the actions/resource has been achieved?)
Sources and means of verification: (What are the sources of information that exist or can be collected? What are the methods required to get this information?)
1. Firstly project supported 3 Special Education Laboratory development in Latvia. The laboratories were provided with experts in teacher education and pedagogy. These laboratories are involved and leading researches about educator needs working with students with functional disabilities as well as developing teacher further education programs.
2. Secondly the existing situation was explored defining student with disabilities and their teacher needs to provide quality education.
3. Thirdly Special Education Laboratories developed interactive materials, work sheets and work books regarding educator needs working with students with functional disabilities.
4. Fourthly developed materials were approbated in Special Education Laboratories and edited versions introduced to teachers.
Risks and Challenges: (Which factors and conditions outside the user's responsibility are necessary to achieve that objective? (external conditions)) Which risks should be taken into consideration?
Expected results on implementation of the resource
Inclusive learning intervention logic: (The results are the outputs envisaged to upscale. What are the expected results?)
Objectively verifiable indicators of achievement: (What are the indicators to measure whether and to what extent the action/resource achieves the expected results?)
Sources and means of verification: (What are the available sources of information for these indicators?)
Risks and Challenges: (What external conditions must be met to obtain the expected results on schedule?)
Activities
Inclusive learning intervention logic: (What are the key activities to be carried out and in what sequence in order to reach the expected results?)
Tasks
Work sheets
Card templates
"Girt's book of letters"
"Girt's book of letters" - annex
"Girt's book of letters" - material for educators
Objectively verifiable indicators of achievement: (What are the means required to implement these activities, e.g. personnel, equipment, training, studies, supplies, operational facilities, etc.)
Applicable for any environment regarding work with childrien with mixed development dissorders.
Sources and means of verification: (What are the sources of information about action progress?)
Risks and Challenges: (What pre-conditions are required before the use of the resource starts? What conditions outside the user's direct control have to be met for the implementation of the planned activities?)
Attachment:
URL: https://visc.gov.lv/specizglitiba/dokumenti/metmat/esfpr/VISC%203.3%20-%20metod%20mater%20pedagogiem%20-%20jaukti%20attistibas%20trauce.pdf
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