Over the following two weeks, you will:

• Reflect on the common barriers faced by learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the computing classroom
• Develop a toolkit of general teaching approaches to make lessons more inclusive for learners with SEND
• Identify ways to adapt and improve teaching materials to make them more accessible
• Develop effective approaches to teach programming to learners with SEND
• Identify accessible programming environments and physical computing devices that can be used to make lessons more inclusive for learners with SEND
• Model best practice by creating an inclusive computing lesson plan and materials

This course covers:

• An outline of the four broad areas of need, and of the common barriers faced by learners with SEND
• General classroom approaches to include learners with SEND and reduce cognitive load in activities
• Advice on how to create more accessible teaching resources
• Specific approaches to support learners with SEND in programming tasks
• An overview of how to make programming environments more accessible
• The benefits of sensory outputs and using physical computing devices