A Different View of Curriculum and Assessment for Severe, Complex and Profound Learning Disabilities

Introduction. Part 1: Principles. 1. Defining Learning Characteristics 2. What works and what matters: Assessing the progress of learners with profound, complex and severe learning disabilities 3. The use and abuse of research: educational research and its importance for learners with SLD, CLD and PMLD 4. A pedagogical argument for adopting a Capabilities Approach in the teaching of those with PMLD, CLD and SLD. Part 2: Practice. 5. Learning To Be, Learning to Do: Informal, empowering and with infinite possibilities 6. Learning to learn through interaction and motivation: the impact of two teachers' reflections on their interactions with students with PMLD 7. The Power of Play: An Approach to Developing Creativity and Tolerating Uncertainty 8. Letting the Learners Lead: The Value of Meaningful, Personalised Learning Experiences 9. Plan, Do, Review within an holistic curriculum model 10. An introduction to an Informal Approach 11. Independence versus interdependence: Exploring the potential of a bioecological learning model for pupils with PMLD. 12. Pushing the Boundaries: Creating a personalised culture with the child at the heart of teaching and learning.