ABSTRACT
Role play and practical demonstration used effectively involves learners and makes it difficult to avoid becoming sucked into the learning experience. If the teacher chooses a role or demonstration part carefully to provide an appropriate challenge the learner gains a central perspective rather than the oblique one often gained from the sidelines. This brings with it a sense of achievement and self-esteem. As such the role play and practical demonstration experience has much to offer learners with one or more special need including autism, ADHD, difficulties with literacy, sight or hearing loss. Role play and practical demonstration can provide a chance to explore ideas without writing. Practical demonstration can graphically and memorably illustrate causation and provide fun with no loss of rigour– and lessons will be the richer for it. This chapter presents case study two pupils with Asperger's syndrome and dyslexia.
