Comments on: Creating autism friendly environments http://www.thecentreforschooldesign.org/2010/05/creating-autism-friendly-environments/ Thu, 12 May 2011 14:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andrea Sawyer http://www.thecentreforschooldesign.org/2010/05/creating-autism-friendly-environments/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Andrea Sawyer Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:04:43 +0000 http://www.thecentreforschooldesign.org/?p=1134#comment-216 Thanks for the photo-gallery - it was really interesting looking through the various aspects of the school layout and seeing the difference. I think that the layout of the school is really impressive. Am I right in understanding that the medical room in the school signals an intention to bring difficult issues in peoples' lives - doctors, dentists, etc - into the school so that the transactions can happen in a known environment? Do the staff 'practice' having a dental examination in the school? As a special needs teacher, I thought that the 'kidney shaped' tables for 2-1 child-teacher work are a really nice innovation. Thanks for the photo-gallery – it was really interesting looking through the various aspects of the school layout and seeing the difference.

I think that the layout of the school is really impressive. Am I right in understanding that the medical room in the school signals an intention to bring difficult issues in peoples’ lives – doctors, dentists, etc – into the school so that the transactions can happen in a known environment? Do the staff ‘practice’ having a dental examination in the school?

As a special needs teacher, I thought that the ‘kidney shaped’ tables for 2-1 child-teacher work are a really nice innovation.

]]> By: Every Special School Matters | The Centre for School Design http://www.thecentreforschooldesign.org/2010/05/creating-autism-friendly-environments/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Every Special School Matters | The Centre for School Design Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:28:27 +0000 http://www.thecentreforschooldesign.org/?p=1134#comment-126 [...] School in Leicester and the Pears National Centre for Autism Education in London – which we posted about a few weeks [...] [...] School in Leicester and the Pears National Centre for Autism Education in London – which we posted about a few weeks [...]

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