There has been a significant decrease in the percentage of children placed in congregate care settings in the. past decade, and this reduction is at a greater rate than the overall foster care population (-37 percent compared. to -21 percent). Children also spend a shorter amount of time in congregate care (an average of 8 months) than children placed in other types of settings (an average of 11 months).
Margaret Taylor Smith developed Multisensory Teaching Approach (MTA) in the mid 80's as a refined and more âteacher friendlyâ curriculum that enhances and further develops Alphabetic Phonics by teaching for mastery.
In this section she explores the idea of creating a Multiliteracy Map as developed by Dr. Susan Hill, who completed the report Mapping multiliteracies: Children of the new millennium, a project funded by the Australian Research Council investigating the use of new literacies by children aged 4-8 years.