Helping with Special Educational Needs

"It is a game you can use with, and differentiate the uses for, all ability groups. It encompasses all the learning styles (Visual, Aural, Read and Kineasthetic)"

Alex Wolseley-Charles - Mentor for Looked After Children

"I work with looked after children in high schools, supporting them in years 10, 11 and 12. A lot of the children I work with have statements of special educational needs and often function at a lower age range.

I used the deck with a student who is a selective mute and unable to make eye contact; she has a statement of special needs and it is queried whether she is on the Autistic Spectrum. We played the basic game and she was able to understand the rules. I would ask her to figure out what the sums were and work out the points. She is able to do the sums but has little confidence and is very shy; however, she did very well and was able to figure out the sums after some thought.

The game is a fantastic resource and other colleagues who work with younger age ranges from nursery to high school have said they would definitely find a use for it with the children they work with. It is a game you can use with, and differentiate the uses for, all ability groups. It encompasses all the learning styles (Visual, Aural, Read and Kineasthetic). I will be looking at ways to expand its uses and I will be using it with my own children at home."

Alex Wolseley-Charles - Mentor for Looked After Children