Understanding How to Support SEN & ESOL

This article discusses the support needed for children with sensory and physical disabilities in learning English as a second language (ESOL). It covers the challenges faced by these children and provides strategies to create an inclusive learning environment.

Running head: Understanding How To Support SEN & ESOL
Understanding How to Support SEN & ESOL
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Introduction:
Sensory need is referred as the loss of sensory function such as, auditory loss or visual
impairment, other sensory processing complication and physical complication. The risk factor
involved for such issue are, congenital condition or serious illness. Parents take advice from
different specialist, voluntary organization and teachers for the additional support they
require (Ziviani et al., 2014).
Discussion:
Child suffering from physical or sensory illness experiences difficulty in learning a
new language, especially those child who are non-native English speakers. To support such
students, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) offers program. For example,
children suffering from hearing loss, needs special treatment while the learning procedure
such as, they require a hearing aid to reduce the adverse impact of hearing loss. In addition a
specialist (communicator support), who helps the children in understanding sign language
(Lee et al., 2015). Improving and maintaining the listening environment and considering the
seating position is also required in order to minimize the learning difficulty of the children.
In case of child suffering from visual impairment, improvising the visual environment
off the class room is extremely important. In addition, teacher should be used different
resources and simplified display for the clarity of the children and should also provide
additional care as per the requirement of the student (Aldebasi, 2014).
Children suffering from sensory processing complication, needs appropriate care from
the family and the teacher such as, making observation based on the children sensory and
physical needs or altering the environment in order to accommodate there sensory needs in

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order to overcome the difficulties (Yunus et al., 2015). In order to reduce the learning
difficulty of a child suffering from physical disability, using of supportive furniture is
necessary (Ziviani et al., 2014). Classroom environment should be modified. Physical
resources such as pen grips and writing slopes should be used.
Conclusion:
To conclude, chider suffering from physical or sensory illness often experiences
learning or communicating difficulty. To reduce the difficulty and to provide the special
education needs to the student, the environment of the classroom is modified and other
changes are done accordingly with the help of family, teachers and councilor.

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