Special Educational Needs Teaching Practice
“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.”
- John F. Kennedy
Rossecourt Resource Centre , Stewarts Care, Lucan
Stewarts Care is a voluntary organisation providing comprehensive community-based services to people with intellectual disabilities.
The organisation's aim is to support and empower people with an intellectual disability to live meaningful and fulfilling lives by delivering quality, person-centred services, provided by a competent, skilled and caring workforce, in partnership with the person, his / her family and community and statutory authorities, including advocates.
"A Whole New World" - weaving project
Title of Scheme: “A Whole New World”
Aim of Scheme: Create a series of promotional materials and ‘props’ for the school production of ‘Aladdin’, through creation of 3D cardboard construction, lino printing and weaving while underpinning the scheme with the theme of “A Whole New World’.
Feedback:
This placement was a group placement which involved team teaching and team planning. This placement was a huge learning curve and proved to develop collaborative skills, delegation skills and organisation. We worked very well as a group and the learning experience working with the adult service users in Stewarts care proved invaluable.This placement has also taught me how important it is to be flexible in your planning, as many things had to be changed and adapted differently last minute . Personally, it enhanced my knowledge around differentiation which I was then able to apply to a mainstream classroom setting
