Observation Task 2: Identifying Children with Special

Educational Needs (SEN)

Table2: SEN Support for Students

Name Age IEP Area of Focus Type, range and frequency of
support provided / needed.

Khalifa 5 years -Slow development ) Daily Teacher Support with

- old Khalifa did not advice from Learning
entered kG1 so Enhancement Teacher:
thats his first year Sit child in space by the
in school he jumped teacher at every carpet
to KG2 because of time (The teacher
his age but hes assistant sit with Khalifa
facing difficulties in while the rest of the
the school because students in the carpet. She
he doesnt know explain for khalifa in a
anything about the simple way so that he
school he acts like understand the concept
fast and not face any
hes in 3 years old
difficulties. If the other
but hes 6 years old.
students are taking how to
In the beginning of write 4 letters Khalifa just
the year the teacher take 2 letters and next
really spent hard week take the other 2
time with him and letters.
she tried her best to Complete Reward Chart
change him to the every day.(The teacher
best because the always praise Khalifa on
rest of the children his hard work because she
attended KG1 and can see his progress from
they have the beginning of the year
background about and he everyday let the
school and specially teacher to get surprised
the daily routine because he becomes to
which is the most know new words in English
important thing in ,he hear the English
language every day in
school.
school thats why he learnt
-Speech delayed
the language fast and
mental (Khalifa talks before when all the
like hes a baby for children are standing up
example instead of and singing the national
saying I want this anthem he walks in class
 teacher he say I and play in the centers
want dis teater but while the other students
in the beginning of are singing the national
the year he didnt anthem, but now he that
know a word in he shouldnt walk unless
English but now he he take permission from
really improved and the teacher or the teacher
assistant.
hes trying to give
all his best to
achieve successfully.

-Given one on one individual

attention

Read the questions below and write your answers

1. What is the school policy for inclusion for SEN

students in the school?
In this school as I observe there are no special teacher for
special needs students because the cases they have are not
serious.

2. What accommodations were made for the identified

SEN students in the classroom? The teacher assistant
sits next to Khalifa alone tries to reteach the activities by
following new techniques that suit him some of these
activities are visuals, toys and hands on activities. At this
time Khalifa felt happy and involved in the learning activity
 because the teacher assistant kept parsing him whenever he
did something well. And when Khalifa was performing well
and whenever he finishes his work he goes directly to the
teacher and tells her about his task achievement. These help
Khalifa not to get bored. Another accommodation that was
applied in the lesson happened when Miss Lolitha sat with
him on the carpet to encourage him to perform the actions
and guide him during the activities. Khalifa was very
enthusiastic and active while doing the dance performance.
He was singing loudly which meant that he had full
involvement and engagement in the lesson.

3. Was there any assistive technology, other equipment

or materials used with the identified SEN students? If
yes, please describe the equipment that was used
and what it was used for. Yes, smart board to stimulate
learning and sometimes iPad which has educational apps on
it so students doesnt get bored while their learning.

4. What teaching strategies did your MST use with the

identified SEN students? The teacher takes the special
need students and ask him to sit with the teacher assistant
while the teacher sits with other students and observe them
maybe if they didnt understand something she explains for
them. For example other students color and cut and paste
and Khalifa just color. Even if Khalifa now dont cut and paste
he will learn everything in the commencing days but in his
situation he must learn everything slowly because he has
slow development problems. But whenever he achieves
something even if it was very simple the teacher praise him
for example excellent Khalifa I will hand your work on the
wall or good job Khalifa choose which sticker do you want?
Ok where do you want me to put it? On your cheeks ok. That
will let Khalifa to work hard and to take his work serious.
5. Where there any other school staff that worked with
the identified SEN students? If yes, please explain
their role and what they did with the identified SEN
student. No

6. Do you think that SEN students should be included in

the classroom or taught in class specifically for SEN
students? Why / Why not? I think that special need
students should be included in a normal class so that he
doesnt feel that there is a different between him and others,
the special need student in my opinion, should be in a
normal class and learn normally but if other students are
subtracting for example 10-5=?. The special need students
take 5-3=. We cant give special need student equations that
doesnt suits their level because if they had a difficult
question and they didnt know how to solve it they will feel
so sad and they will also put on their mind that whenever
they write down the answer is wrong and next time they will
not try to thing about the answer so they will start
distracting the class.