Using a Multisensory Environment: A Practical Guide for Teachers [Paperback]

This book provides teachers and therapists with a user-friendly bank of practical ideas and suggestions to use in the MSE for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties. These include equipment and resources that can be used to engineer the environment to promote particular outcomes; a set of photocopiable, fast, easy to complete observation and assessment forms; a selection of practical strategies and methods that can be used in the MSE; and ideas to help teachers integrate environment, assessment and instruction to maximize individual programs.The MSE- equipment, resources and outcomes; Assessment in the MSE - engagement (self, object, person), interest, communication, sense ability; Instructional strategies and methods in the MSE; Program-environment-individual fit in the MSE - collaboration and integrating assessment with instruction.US? 2001 Paul Pagliano