A sensory curriculum for pupils and students with profound and multiple learning difficulties

For those with PMLD, who are all working at the earliest levels of intellectual development, the senses will represent a major focus of the curriculum. Extending our understanding, use and control of our senses allows us fully to explore the world and come to an understanding of it, how we interact with it, and how we interact with each other. Teaching through the senses therefore takes on a major significance (Longhorn, 1988; Brown et al., 1998; Pagliano, 2001; McLinden and McCall, 2002; WAG, 2006; Beckerleg, 2009).