In your role as School Learning Support Officer (SLSO), you have been asked by Oliver and Emma's teachers to contribute to their learning support needs in the next meeting with the Learning Support Team. Oliver and Emma have very different learning support needs, so you will need to carefully read their profiles, which include some observations.

Responses must demonstrate your ability to:

• interpret information from observation and reports about the additional needs of children
• recognise and implement strategies for supporting children with additional needs

Part A - Oliver's profile.

Consider Oliver's support and learning needs.

Table 3- Oliver's profile

Oliver
Student notes:	Age: 12 Class: 6 Diagnosis: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder When Oliver is in in these situations. He has been formally diagnosed with dyslexia and dyscalculia. When teachers and other students attempt to provide feedback to Oliver he can react with hypersensitivity. Oliver provides support to peers in class who are known to him however he is still learning to initiate, establish and maintain friendships. When outside during breaks he is often seen alone without any peers around him. He will often go to the library and use the computers until class returns. There are concerns for his emotional well-being and self-esteem. This has also been raised in discussions with his parents. He normally loves engaging in sports however Oliver has started losing interest in this. On two recent occasions he asked to sit out in football games in PE, and his parents report that he does not wish to attend his normal basketball training and games at the moment.
Support needs:	Oliver needs assistance with: forming relationships with peers and adults support before and during entering new environments or situations to decrease hypervigilance learning to accept feedback in other ways to decrease hypersensitivity some specific strategies and resources to assist with his Dyslexia and Dyscalculia engaging in sport/gross motor activities.
Strengths:	Good problem-solving skills Passionate about learning Supportive and helpful to his peers who are known to him
Interests:	Video games Minecraft Sports
Areas identified for development:	Reading and writing Numeracy and Maths Focusing on tasks Self-esteem
Current strategies:	Regular positive attention and reinforcement Clearly defining expectations in new situations Maximum group size of 3 for group work Targeted teaching of social skills with a partner and SLSO Use of assistive technologies to assist with dyslexia for reading and writing

2. Identify 2support strategies and equipment/ resources you would recommend to support Oliver to engage with and focus in numeracy/maths activities?
4. Outline how you would, as an SLSO, implement this strategy?
6. Identify the indicators of risk to Oliver's well-being that you read about in the profile Oliver's teacher has provided?
8. Briefly describe how you plan to respond to Oliver's indicators of risk? Explain why you have chosen to respond in this way?