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Well, one of the issues with a
pupil working with a learning support assistant
can be that everything ends up channeled through the learning support assistant and
therefore they almost become like a translator for you;
and then when you're trying to go around and help students, it's easy to miss that
student out. It's easy to think that they're fine, they're covered
and obviously the learning support assistant
may not be a science specialist and may
not be clear about the science. And also it's important to build your own relationship
with that student
for the point of view of encouraging them to learn in that lesson, and also sometimes
the learning support assistants are away and if you haven't built any relationship
with a student, then that becomes a very difficult situation.
So I always make a point of trying to visit them at least twice a lesson and
trying to make sure they have at least one question that's directed to them and
trying to ensure that's a question that's accessible to them and a question that they
can answer effectively, because I often find they have
fairly low esteem about their learning as well. So if they can answer a question correctly, that helps
build that up.