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Podcast: Education On Fire - Sharing creative and inspiring learning in our schools
Episode: 264: How to use symbols to improve learning with Sue White from Widgit
Description: Sue White is a senior educational specialist at Widgit. A qualified primary teacher, Sue’s passion for building children’s vocabulary came after teaching a child with specific learning difficulties. Sue could see that the child’s behaviour in class was borne from a frustration of not being able to fully participate in lessons. Determined to help, Sue started a long journey of learning how to help children who process learning differently. She first became a SENCo and later specialised in a range of developmental disorders where lack of vocabulary development impacted on attainment.Sue discovered that symbol...