BRITE PDA Dyslexia

1. Session 15
Measuring Progress
and Recording Information

2. Post-session task
• Identifying personal goals
• Breaking down to steps that are:
– Clear
– Measurable
– Achievable
– Logical
– Developmental

3. Plan, Measure and Record
• 3 tools founded in a solution focused model:
– Past exceptions
– Scaling
– Problem free talk

4. We have to “walk the tightrope of
validating the experience without
focusing on the problem to the degree
that it seems larger than before.”
Durrant (1993)

5. Solution Focused
Approaches
The Past The Barrier to Future
Learning (Problem) Goals
Traditional
Approach

6. Why use Solution Focused techniques?
• To move away from focusing on the ‘problem’ or
barrier to learning.
• To identify what is already working.
• To find examples of ‘success’ and increase the
student’s awareness of their own skills and strengths.
• To reduce the risk of dependency or ‘learned
helplessness.’

7. Past Exceptions
• This is about looking for examples where the
individual has demonstrated success in the
past on the area identified as a problem.
• E.g. Time keeping and organisational skills
• Single mum, part-time worker – ideas?

8. Activity 1 – Past Exceptions
• Identify examples where you may be able to
point to past success to encourage a learner
e.g. gaining driver’s licence
• What transferrable skills are there
• Think of the individual you are supporting, or
more generally from your experiences in the
past.

9. Scaling
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
• Name poles and interim points appropriately
(eg. 1 = worst / 10 = best)
• Decide where on the scale the situation is now
• What would need to happen for the situation
to move one point closer to ‘best’?

10. Activity 2 Scaling
• Discuss your level of confidence in using
assistive technology to support your learner.
• Scale your current situation, with 0 being no
confidence at all and 10 being super-confident
that you have nothing else to learn.
• Identify realistic, manageable actions that
would enable you to move one point up the
scale.

11. Trouble Free Thinking
• Imagine how your situation would be if there
were no barriers, and you were being
successful in your undertakings
• What does that look like?
• What is different from now?
• What needs to change, or what actions do you
need to take, to achieve this?

12. Recording Information
• Clear planning:
– Breakdown of steps (mini-goals)
– Strategies to apply
– Materials and resources required
– Timescale
– Application
– Progress

17. Application in Practice
• Identify and record 2 or 3 goals
• Complete and submit details on the Personal
Action Plan Grid
• To achieve consistency and fairness, everyone
should use the example pro-forma

18. Key Dates
• Personal Action Plan: 27th February
• Observation: by 10th April at the latest
• Next Session: 6th March