Module 5D: Recommendations for Learning Environments

Following the completion of your environmental audit, you may want to consider the questions shown in the presentation on the right in order to maximize multisensory learning opportunities and to accommodate the needs of your learners with sensory issues.

Key Points

  • The physical structure and layout of the classroom is critical in supporting how we deliver Multisensory approaches to learning
  • A learning space should be flexible to meet the sensory needs of the learners using it
  • Specific sensory aspects of the environment need to be easily adjusted to meet different learners needs

Thinking Point

Choose one or a few of the points in the list of considerations for a sensory classroom. How does this apply in your classroom? What can or might you change?