Understanding How to Support SEN & ESOL

Running head: Understanding How To Support SEN & ESOL
Understanding How to Support SEN & ESOL
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1Understanding How to Support SEN & ESOL
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