Integrated Resource - Support Given

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The children spend most of the school day with their own class.  Any extra help that is needed is provided by staff from the IR.

The amount of time a hearing impaired child spends in the mainstream class and the level of support the child receives depends on the individual needs of the child.

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Support can be given in a number of ways:

• ​​Support in the mainstream class

• Individual support withdrawn to the IR

• Small group work with other hearing impaired children in the IR

• Small group work with their hearing and deaf peers in the IR - often referred to as 'reverse integration'

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​The majority of support is given in the mainstream classroom.  IR time is spent:

• Reading books from the IR's reading programme – Reading is given a high priority. 

• Preparing for or consolidating class work, for example, working on vocabulary for a science lesson, support for class spellings or consolidation of a maths concept new to a child,

• Working on intervention programmes designed to promote the development of a child's speech, language and communication skills,

• Developing listening skills.

• Targeting social and emotional literacy and developing the children's own 'Personal Understanding of Deafness' in small groups.

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We have regular meetings in the Key Stage 2 base which are chaired and minuted by the children themselves. This is a great opportunity for the children to get together, share news and views, voice their opinions and practise turn taking in a large group.
 

​​We also run a range of clubs at lunchtimes to help the children support and develop friendships with their hearing and deaf peers, which include friendship club, art club, animation club and a signing choir.

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