This room provides a learning space and seating for a medium sized group of up to 11 students plus teachers and support staff.  Consideration has been given to the learning, social and mobility needs of students with behavioural disorders, conduct disorders, or emotional disturbance. The room provides a learning space for small to medium groups of students participating in learning activities that can require a wet area and large bench space.  The area also provides a space for learning and behaviour support activities. The room is intended for explore, investigate, create, fabricate and construct activities but can be used for activities that include discussion, reading or storytelling; explicit teaching and demonstrations, and supervised individual and small group research and reflective activities.  The room lends itself to the teaching of living skills and supports a range of teaching strategies including food preparation and the facilitation of inquiry and authentic project and problem based learning. The room can be used for individual and small group student, staff and communal learning and formal meetings.  

 

Removal of some furniture could be considered provide a space for behavioural management, physical therapy and rehearse and perform activities.  Access to an outside learning area would allow some flexibility in learning activity options and group planning. 

 

Given the size of the room consideration will need to be given to acoustic and spatial implications depending on the number of groups and the types of learning activities planned.  Noise interference to and from an adjacent General Learning Space , if included in the unit, can also be a factor if learning processes with different acoustic requirements are operated at the same time.