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3. The curriculum
How will the curriculum be matched to my child/young person's needs?
The Waking Day curriculum:
The Prior's Court Learning Framework and This Is Me plans provide young people
at Prior's Court with a programme of learning which is individualised to meet
their needs and build on their strengths and interests, across the seven Areas of
Learning - Communication, Positive Behaviour Support, Healthiness, Daily Living
Skills, Vocational Learning, Functional Academics, and Keeping Me Safe.
The most crucial factor in achieving success for our young people is consistency
of approach. As such, learning takes place throughout the entire Waking Day and
in all settings, including education, residential homes and within the wider
community.
A collaborative process involves Learning, Wellbeing and Night teams, and multidisciplinary
staff working together with specialists and parents/carers to ensure
consistency of approach.
An individualised curriculum
The Prior's Court Learning Framework consists of seven key Areas of Learning
that we feel best support autistic young people with complex needs at Prior's
Court to gain skills and achieve the best quality of life for them as individuals.
The framework's underpinning values are for health, happiness and skills into
work/work experiences.
Each pathway is bespoke to the individual through their targets and smaller 'I
can' statements. There are seven Areas of Learning in the Framework which
stretch across Learning, Wellbeing and in the community settings:
• Communication
• Positive Behaviour Support
• Healthiness
• Daily Living Skills
• Vocational Learning,
• Functional Academics
• Keeping Me Safe
This Is Me plans are based around these seven Areas of Learning. Within their This
Is Me plan, each young person has a personalised programme of learning
(including group and individual activities) structured throughout their Waking
Day.
Progress is measured using our I Can statements system. An I Can statement is
what a young person is able to do in any given task, activity or learning scenario
across our seven Areas of Learning. I Can statements build on each other but are
broken down into achievable steps towards a much bigger goal.