5.1 Skills

Having completed a CIRCLE Participation Scale you will have identified the learner’s strengths and support needs. This section will enable you to explore strategies to help address the following six skill areas:

• attention and concentration
• organisation and planning
• posture and mobility (gross motor)
• dexterity and manipulation (fine motor)
• social, emotional and relationship
• verbal and non-verbal communication.

These six areas represent the skills used by learners to make progress within the curriculum and participate in their school and wider society.