"You're going to let me use THAT?" - Empowering special needs students in D&T

About this episode

Nicola Brown discusses her experience teaching design and technology to special needs students at Springwell Leeds North, focusing on relationship building and adaptive teaching methods.

Send me a message. Nicola Brown shares her experience teaching design and technology at Springwell Leeds North, an SEMH school catering to students aged 7-16 with social, emotional, and mental health needs. She discusses how building relationships, establishing micro-routines, and adapting teaching approaches helps students thrive in a subject that offers unique opportunities for personal development. Working with SEMH students requires understanding dysregulation and supporting emotional r...

People in this episode

Host: Dr Alison Hardy

Guest: Nicola Brown

Topics covered

• special needs education
• design and technology
• social emotional mental health
• teaching strategies
• student empowerment

Keywords

• special needs
• design and technology
• SEMH
• teaching methods
• student development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Springwell Leeds North, SEMH

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