RISE Therapy: week 5 core word session “Like”

I have gathered a team of experts together to develop a new regulating communication & play system specially built to support minimally speaking & high support needs pupils to support the development of interaction skills and building strong connections with others. You will hear more about the details after we’ve rigorously tested the system this academic year, covering a range of settings and learners. This includes testing the system as part of my weekly Core Word sessions. So I thought why not take you on the development journey? After all, if this is to be useful, it needs to work for you too! IF YOU TEST THIS LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ON. This is my demo session for week 5 “Like” Step 1: Regulation I plan to regulate and connect with our learners at the start of the session. Using lots of different textures to soothe and regulate our learners. For this week it includes instruments, drums, body instruments or pulsing resources. Step 2: Invitation I plan to create intrigue and safe opportunities to observe and come and join the group by exploring the rice on the large drum. Step 3: Shared Experience I plan to deliver a shared sensory experience together. This could be as a whole class, small group or 1:1. We would have lots of rice and drums to explore and experiment with. Step 4: Ending It’s important not to rush the ending. I plan to play calming “musical instruments go to sleep” music as we gradually put all of the rice into the upturned drum. *At any step my learners will have a choice to join or not join. Each step is important and they can stay put at any part where they feel most comfortable, if they are not ready to move on to the next section. This may change week on week.