Hi Toni
I would absolutely agree with David.
We also work a lot with SEND pupils and special schools in Leeds Museums and Galleries and we use objects from our museum collections. It can involve careful selection and risk assessment but we haven’t had any damage to objects or pupils.
We have recently undertaken some action research funded by our local bridge organisation to track what impact working together can have on expressive communication in SEND pupils. We worked really closely with 2 schools for a term each on their school theme and the results were amazing, I can send you the report or chat to you about what we did if you want to get in touch.
As a part of the research we did lots of arts activities inspired by the objects as the schools were also doing Arts Award and starting the process of Artsmark including; printing, calligraphy, bunting, masks, tai chi, dream art, tea ceremony, den building, magnet art.
Hope this is useful
Sarah
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Hello Toni,
We've done loads of work with SEN pupils from very small children to 6th form students. We've always just used our existing resources and handling collections. It is more the way that you use them and teach the topic, etc. rather than having specific objects. Your objects might need more careful handling and supervision and your risk assessment may require tweaking. The SEN school or class will have vast amounts of dedicated SEN resources, they probably want something different (more everyday) from you.
In terms of activities we've done most British history periods from stone age (apologies) to 1960s, with lots of dressing up (hats are always useful), handling objects, etc. Also done lots of textiles (braiding, sewing, applique (gluing), weaving) and printmaking including screen-printing, poly-printing, mono-printing. All using the resources we'd use with mainstream classes.
I would try to meet any class beforehand if you can - spend some time in their classroom, if you haven't already.
Hope this helps a little.
David Birks
Trowbridge Museum
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Hi all,
I am setting up a specific handling collection for use with SEN pupils. I was wondering if other museums offer handling collection sessions specifically for SEN pupils and what kind of activities places offer, beyond the simple 'handling' of objects.
Many thanks
Toni Donston
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