Teaching assistants play a vital role in supporting children with SEN, their tasks will include helping pupils with reading difficulties, supporting speech therapy programmes and helping pupils to access the curriculum. When promoting independent learning it is important that the teachers and teaching assistants know their students well. They should observe and reflect upon their pupils learning processes. The relationship between teacher and learner should foster increasing learner responsibility. As students grow in maturity and understanding, they are able to take on greater responsibility for their own learning. All this happens teachers need to relinquish control of decision making. The atmosphere, environment and structure of the school
