SEND in Museums Project 2019 Haslemere Museum and

SEND in Museums Project 2019 Haslemere Museum and Jigsaw School

Who are we? Jigsaw School – Hayley Locke – ABA Supervisor , worked at the school for 10 years, I last visited Haslemere museum when I was at school! Haslemere Museum. Kay Topping- Museum. Education Officer for 12 yrs (volunteered for at least 5 yrs before) Early Years background and working with kids all the time I have quite a lot of experience of autism within mainstream settings but not with children needing more one to one help. I have worked with Jigsaw before, attending a career's event and having older students visit.

Hayley visits the museum I loved the explorer backpacks! Felt a safe space Lots of interactive activities Could see the pupils enjoying a trip here, especially those I would not usually suggest to visit a museum.

Brainstorm: • Design a visit for lower level children with Autism • Encourage local pupils to visit with their family or carer • Use a familiar format for learning • Prepare communication resources Haslemere Museum already had of great things in place! Early years Early Birds Backpacks Torches Social Story

Attention Autism ginadavies. co. uk Attention Autism originates from the idea that successful communication is dynamic, engaging and joyful. We learn best when we work with enthusiasm, motivation and creativity. We remember good times and shared experiences. The Attention Autism approach provides the child with an experience worth communicating about. We need to make our interactions irresistible! Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 An example of an Easter Topic session in this 4 stage format at Jigsaw School.

The Plan 1. Bucket/Box 2. Attention Builder 3. Take a turn 4. Table Activity Now we are ready to explore: Dinosaur And Fossil toys Pull a layer off to find the dinosaur bones Make a fossil Fossil hunting in the galleries with torches! How dinosaurs Turn into Fossils extravaganza ……. and we would find a super flashing dinosaur bubble machine to go in the box!

Kay visits Jigsaw § Great to see the children in their own environment and see how a session works at school. § Learnt not to expect them to engage too much and that engagement is more likely to be with individuals rather than as a group

Planning and Resource Prep Most importantly Kay went shopping and found…. . the dinosaur bubble machine! § § § PECS Visual schedule photos Social story Communication boards Don’t forget the Risk Assesment!!

The Visit • Social story • Visual Schedule • Arrived to familiar face and set up § Visual Schedules

Attention Autism

Making Fossils

Exploring the Galleries

What did we all think? Tristan loved feeling the ammonite! Harman liked all the dinosaur toys and is keen to explore the animals in the museum! Oliver was nervous of the new place but once calm he liked stirring the plaster. It’s a ‘Thumbs up’ from Samuel! Toby loved watching the layers being revealed and watching the fossils being made!

Hayley: I really enjoyed the trip, it was lovely to see each pupil engaging with at least one activity. The familiar format helped the pupils know what was expected from them. Kay: Went well, especially as a totally new environment. Bubbles a great hit and also thought making fossils and visit to galleries went very well Harry is still saying…. “I want the dinosaur bubbles please!”

Going forward: • • More regular visits- African animals next month? Use the same format. Will be great regular visit during the Winter months Appropriate pupils join Early Years sessions for integration? Use School social media advertise the museum to parents Autism friendly award support Definitely more visits so the children become used to the Museum and more relaxed Make a sensory box for visitors Incorporate some of the things into our Early Birds sessions - eg what's in the box? and adding a bit more excitement

Thanks for watching! Hayley hayleylocke@jigsawschool. co. uk Kay education@haslemeremuseum. co. uk