Education

National Curriculum

The children in the Acorn Speech and Language Centre follow the National Curriculum, which is a highly differentiated with a high language focus, presented in a visual format and supported by ‘Makaton’ and ‘Cued Articulation’.

Entitlement

Each child on roll is entitled to the following:

• Specialist teachers and teaching assistants
• Intensive speech therapy sessions individually and in small groups
• Collaborative target setting between class teachers and speech therapists
• Supportive safe environment
• Opportunities to encourage speaking skills
• Opportunities to encourage listening skills
• Supported integrated sessions into mainstream
• Highly differentiated curriculum with a high language focus
• Multi-sensory resources including Makaton and Cued-Articulation
• Language Through Colour
• Structured small step approach
• Small differentiated groups
• Appropriately paced lesson delivery
• Opportunities for adult interaction to develop children’s play skills and vocabulary
• Structured sensory and motor co-ordination activities where applicable
• Structured social skills programme to meet needs