The Special Needs Support Services Section (SNSS) under the Special Education Unit (SEU) recently conducted a workshop on Structured Learning Approach (SLA).

Held at SEU, the training workshop was conducted for three days and saw the participation of eight teachers (six primary and two secondary teachers), the SEU said in a press release.

The first two training sessions were conducted from March 7-8, 2016 whereas the third session will take place on April 20.

The participants attended the workshop as they wanted to understand how to support their students who have difficulty in carrying out typical tasks in the classroom.

Apart from learning what SLA is, another objective of the workshop is to give the teachers the opportunity to share their experiences of what works for the student in their school.

On the first day of the training workshop, teachers were given a comprehensive overview on Structured Learning Approach while day two saw the teachers developing their own resources.

For day three, teachers are expected to carry out a brief sharing session on the use of SLA with their students and discuss what actually works for their students.

The approach is valuable for students with special needs particularly for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) whom have difficulty in understanding what they are expected to do during an activity or throughout the day.

Through this training workshop, teachers will have a greater understanding on how to support students with special needs especially on teaching them to follow and be more familiar with school routines.

When teachers use physical layout in a structured learning approach, they are essentially preparing the students with a prearranged setting, whereas the use of visual schedules assists students by outlining what they are expected to do during activities and throughout the day.

Teachers are advised to use more pictures as this may help the students to better understand what tasks they are supposed to carry out in an activity.

Upon completing the three-day training workshop, a certificate of completion will be presented to all workshop participants.

It is hoped that teachers will continue to use this approach to achieve the desired outcome for students with special needs.

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