Communication is the heart of all learning within school, as such we adopt a total communication approach to allow the development of pupils’ social and functional communication skills. Specialist strategies are woven into daily practice across the curriculum pathways designed to build the foundations of communication. Key approaches include Intensive Interaction, The Hanen Approach, Hand Over/Hand Under Sign, On Body Signing, Alternative and Augmentative Communication Devices (AAC), Objects of Reference, TEACCH, TACPAC, Call and Response, Picture Exchange Communication (PECS) and signing with Sign Supported English.
Total Communication
At Wood Bank school we use a total communication approach when supporting our pupils. It is a holistic approach and is about using the right combination of communication methods for a pupil to ensure the most successful forms of contact, information exchange and interaction. It is a way of optimising an individual’s potential and reducing the barriers which surround their communication difficulties.
Communication can be both functional and social and in school, we use the following methods in supporting individual children to communicate and connect with others.
