# Change how you join in

These options can change within a lesson. They are choices, not fixed learning styles, diagnoses or a claim that one mode works best for a particular learner.

| If this would help | Offer | Keep the observation accurate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fewer things at once | One chosen job, one broad part and one first action; reveal later steps when wanted. | Capture the actual partial component; do not count unseen steps as done. |
| No touching or handling | Drawing, spoken/sign/AAC plan, indicated positions, an adult moving parts to the child’s directions. | Keep the child’s ideas and direction; name the adult’s physical action. |
| A larger or clearer surface | Broad locally approved parts, generous blank sheet, plain high-contrast line drawing and full text description. | Colour is not an answer cue; confirm actual access locally. |
| More time | Pause, make one part today, return to available work another time. | Record actual date/conditions; no speed grade. |
| Predictable steps | Choose → make/direct → try/prefer → keep/change, with a visible stop option. | Stop without treating a pause as wrong. |
| A communication bridge | Usual vocabulary, neutral rereading, gesture, sign, AAC, scribing or home-language discussion with a competent adult. | Record exact child choice and access support; label translations as locally checked if actually checked. No reviewed translated edition is supplied. |
| Less sound or attention | One adult/child, no audience, optional silent diagram, no audio requirement. | No compulsory partner or performance. |
| Movement and practical work | Reposition broad approved parts on an accessible surface, switch roles when wanted. | No prescribed posture, dose or motor-skill standard. |
| Extra challenge | Compare two purposes, viewpoints or actual trials; explain a choice. | Complexity is optional; participation support does not lower the design target. |
| No digital device | Use the five SVG/text aid families, plain sheet or spoken plan. | Digital trial is not required and no log-in is needed. |

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