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Fo-Koku Woameno Post 1

• 1 June 2021, 9:50 AM

Attitudes to learners

Personally, I failed to help to the most extent one of my former students with disability. In fact, she had some cognitive troubles and was being followed by a psychiatric. As a result, she was less concentrated; she would take a long time to write/copy a single sentence. It was even difficult for her to follow with other as she was "very slow" (excuse me for the words).
But, each time I came closer to her, I realized that she was ready to learn. Therefore, I usually focus more on oral activities with her than with others

Jenna-Louise Barkley Post 2 in reply to 1

• 4 July 2021, 1:19 AM

Fo-Koku, I can appreciate your honesty about your experience with your student with special needs. You were able to eventually change your outlook and support her in a manner to meet her needs. This is truly commendable.

I too had a student whom I was apprehensive about at first, so I can relate to you. This student had cognitive, behavioural and communicative delays and at first was very disruptive in the preschool. My main fears were that I did not feel equipped as a teacher to meet her learning needs. I felt I did not have the strategies or the resources to do so. However, through collaboration with my colleagues and by doing some research, we were able to adjust our methods with her and change our attitudes towards her abilities. By the time she left our Centre, we had seen considerable growth in her development, and I felt I had definitely grown as a teacher.