Engaging+students+who+have+Diverse+Learning+Needs

Arohanui Specialist Outreach Team Tips, Strategies, programmes and practices for enhancing opportunities for students with special needs.

**Mike Edwards**: //Mike // //has balanced his career between special needs teaching and primary school teaching. He has three children of his own and likes to play sports or go to the beach when he gets the chance//. **Lynn Francis**: //Lynn lives in Kumeu on a 10 acre block with her partner and Jack Russell, Millie. ////She enjoys fishing and gardening and has taught at all levels in the Primary sector for just over 30 years and have trained in Reading Recovery. She currently works fulltime working as a Special Education Outreach Teacher for ORS funded students.// **Louise Shrive**://Background in Applied Psychology. Trained as an Early Years (3-7) teacher in the UK and taught in mainstream for many years in the UK and Overseas. Worked as a Special Education teacher in Arohanui Special School satellite classes and on the Outreach Programme for about 8 years; (taking one year's leave to obtain a Diploma in Special Education; Hearing Impairment)//. **Juanita Corbett:** //I am of Te Arawa descent and was born and raised in Rotorua. I moved to Auckland with my family on completion of my Post Graduate Teaching Diploma. My teaching career began in mainstream for four years before moving into Special Education. I taught in satellite classes for 2 years and am currently working as a specialist teacher on the Outreach programme with Arohanui Special School. //

//Ko Juanita Corbett toku ingoa, ara he kakano i ruia mai i te poho o Ngati Whakaue. Ko toku haerenga, i whai matauranga i te Kuratini o Te Waiariki, ara, he tohu paetahi i roto i te Bachelor of Tourism Studies. No muri ake, i haere ahau ki Te Whare Wananga o Waikato, ara, i mau pokairua i roto i te Tohu Matauranga. // //Ka aku mahi inaianei, hei awhina i nga tamariki hinengaro haua i Arohanui. // //No reira tena tatou katoa //

Helpful Websites
 * ==Resources==
 * clickspecialednz
 * SEN Teacher
 * Sparkle Box
 * Do 2 Learn
 * [|Tarheel Reader]
 * || ==Curriculum==
 * Northern Ireland Curriculum
 * [|Narrative Assessment]
 * [|CRSS Framework] || ==Facebook Pages==
 * [|Inclusion for ALL]
 * [|Special Education Resources]
 * [|Spectronics] || ==Assistive Technology==
 * [|ipad apps]
 * [|Clicker 6]
 * [|Sitech Website] || ==Programmes==
 * [|Numicon]
 * [|Handwriting without Tears]



//Could you please upload your power points.// //done :)//