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Sessions must be positive and supportive, seen as enabling learning.
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The aim is for a child to be able to give an automatic response to the skills covered in The Box
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If a child does not have an instant response they must be reminded instantly – they would respond if they could!
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Each child is responsible for managing the materials in The Box – getting out and putting away – so that every child comes to it as a complete unit.
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Never assume that a child will remember something today that they seemed to know yesterday – over-learn, practise and share knowledge until it really is known.
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Daily re-visiting of known skills gives the child the opportunity to speed up responses and to be aware of what it feels like to really know something confidently.
Record Keeping
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Notes should be kept of every session –progress needs to be shared with the child – ‘Now you know….’.
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Keep notes very brief – they can be written while the child is organising the next set of materials.
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Dated notes mean that progress over time is easy to access for report writing, review meetings, Ed Psych visits.
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Consistent note writing enables any other TA or teacher to pick up the booklets and work instantly with the child.
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