Building a Curriculum for Children with Complex Needs

Placing Communication at the Heart of the School

This book introduces a user-friendly curriculum designed to support primary aged children with complex needs and Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities. Complete with topic and lesson plans, it is an essential resource for both mainstream and special school staff, including SENCOs, classroom teachers, and senior leadership teams.

This book provides a clear, user-friendly curriculum designed to support primary aged children with Severe Learning Disabilities (SLD) and Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD). Drawing upon the Communication at the Heart of the School (CATHS) approach, the curriculum is based on the premise that children learn when they are engaged. Building a Curriculum for Children with Complex Needs provides practitioners with the skills and knowledge to personalise and create lessons that will engage children, according to th