Individual learning Plans

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As an educationalist, a mum and a very frustrated member of the system I am desperate for help so calling all parents for input please.........
Here is my dilemma, I am so fed up with children wearing labels at school and expecting to be able to follow the same learning plans and objectives. For example, when did a class of 7 children who are all on the autism spectrum all need the same curriculum and seriously how difficult is it to create individual learning for these children? I am not being unrealistic, I have achieved this within a large 'main stream' class, what ever that label means? I have also encountered such backlash from union representatives as this is an unreasonable task for teachers to achieve. Is it really? Therefore, I am prepared to take some time to develop schemes that can be used. Please send me feedback, do you think that this is a good idea? With parents now having a hold on the SEN budgets, would you buy into this scheme? What would you want from it? How would you work with me to ensure that this programme worked for your child? i would love to hear from you.........Thanks for reading my rant, your children deserve better, they only have one shot at education

Hi melonribina the booklets are really not "boring" and are interactive with lots of teacher student and parent feedback. The students were asked to comment about me, my resources and my teaching every lesson and I learnt more from them than any training session I ever attended. Yes to start with, I spent hours of my own time, but developed quick and easy feedback methods that were workable and fitted into lessons. I developed individualised homework menus with choice home works for the children. Again, time consuming to start with but once developed just needed adding to. I also developed e learning booklets that the students could email to me, much easier for both of us, accessed inside and outside
school. All starters and plenaries were differentiated to levels. I had phone a friend, ask the experts who had specific tasks, students who led the learning and became the teacher, but I guess you do all this already. I hope this helps.

Thank you for your full answer op. Honestly, your work sounds hugely well researched and fit for purpose.
I'm sure some schools would appreciate some help with individualised learning, particularly those with diverse SEN within classes.
I don't use booklets very often, as I have found my students often try to rush and finish. I try to give similar input and differentiate through task and outcome.
Maybe an area to work with is in collaboration with a class teacher, not necessarily producing booklets for them but working together to plan a unit of work that takes individualised children into account and coming up with tasks and activities together. I know I would find this useful. I've never been great at following other people's plans.
Good luck

Whatever happened to inclusion?

Whatever happened to inclusion?

Good question Mrz although to be honest, from the OP, at least I was not expecting it. This reads to me like market research for a generic prototype product so tbh I just consider the whole thread disingenuous at this stage.

I have produced and carefully examined similar learning objects for my students, who are in HE and they have mixed outcomes even at that level where we expect much more independent learning.

How much do you charge for these booklets?

I cannot see how anything like this would work in a mainstream class of 30. Are you a current serving headteacher? Of a primary or secondary? Mainstream or SEN?