The purpose of this study is to investigate teachers' experiences of using visual support and organizational prerequisites for this. The aim is also to better understand how special needs teachers can support teachers to use visual support to make teaching accessible to students with language vulnerability. We conducted a qualitative interview study with ten teachers in grades 1-6. Our research questions were: how do teachers use visual aids and what effects do teachers see by using visual aids and finally how can special needs teachers support teachers in the use of visual aids. The results show that teachers use many different types of visual aids. Most of them use group-level support, such as structural support for the day or lesson. All teachers report that the visual support clarifies and strengthens the language. When it comes to how the special needs teacher can support teachers in the use of visual support, most teachers want the special needs teacher to have a driving function that spreads knowledge and ideas and holds pedagogical discussions. The teachers also want the special needs teacher to have a supervisory role and provide support to teachers in developing the learning environment at group or individual level.

The purpose of this study was to examine special needs teachers´ knowledge about visual scaffolding and their opportunities for supporting teachers in creating an accessible learning environment. Special needs teachers were given questions formulated and connected to how they experience their own professional qualifications when they support other teachers in using visual scaffolding, in what way they think visual scaffolding can be used in order to create an accessible learning enviroment and what sort of visual scaffolding they find recommendable in different learning environments and school subjects. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten special needs teachers in Swedish compulsory school. The recorded interviews were transcribed and analysed in relation to the research questions. The results showed that special needs teachers recommend that visual scaffolding ought to be used in order to make learning environments accessible by visualizing what pupils are asked to do, how they are supposed to perfom different tasks as well as making words and expressions clear. Using pictures was pointed out as the best support, followed by using symbols, drawings and tangible concrete materials. Further education in visual scaffolding, time for collegial learning, discussions and competent guidance also emerged as critical factors for special needs teachers in their support and guidance to class tecahers.

Syftet med detta arbete är att bidra med kunskap kring framgångsfaktorer samt utvecklingsområden gällande övergången mellan årskurs 3 och 4 för elever i språklig sårbarhet. Bakgrunden till studien är min egen erfarenhet kring den utmaning som elever i någon form av språklig sårbarhet hamnar i under denna övergång. Studien genomfördes genom en nätbaserad kvalitativ och kvantitativ enkätundersökning riktad till verksamma speciallärare/specialpedagoger i årkurs 3 och 4. I studien valdes kommunala grundskolor F-6 i södra Sverige slumpmässigt ut.De teoretiska perspektiven som denna studie vilar på är det sociokulturella perspektivet, det relationella perspektivet samt ramfaktorteorin. Resultatet i min studie visar att det finns ett flertal framgångsfaktorer vid övergången mellan årskurs 3 och 4. Det som bland annat framkommer är att specialläraren/specialpedagogen och mentorn/klassläraren deltar vid övergången vilket bidrar till att eleverna ges en kontinuitet i till exempel fungerande arbetssätt, bemötande och extra anpassningar. Studien visar även att det finns en tydlig ansvarsfördelning samt vilken information som ska föras över i övergången, vilket bidrar till att den språkliga sårbarheten för eleverna minskar. Resultatet visar även på en god övergångskompetens i övergången beroende på kommunikation och samverkan mellan de som deltar i övergången. Studien ämnade även att undersöka elevers delaktighet vid övergången. Resultatet visade att elevers delaktighet är mycket begränsad. En specialpedagogisk implikation blir därför att öka elevernas möjligheter till delaktighet då denna är viktig för att främja deras kunskapande och måluppfyllelse. / The aim of this study is to contribute with knowledge about success factors and areas of development concerning the transition between year 3 and 4 for pupils in language vulnerability.The background of the study is my own experience of the challenges that pupils in any form of language vulnerability are being exposed to during this transition. The study was carried out through an internet based qualitative and quantitative survey aimed for practising special education teachers in year 3 and 4. In the study public schools from preschool class to year 6 in the south of Sweden were chosen randomly.The theoretical perspectives in the study are based on the sociocultural perspective, the relational perspective and the framefactor theory. The result in my study shows that there are a number of success factors during the transition between year 3 and 4. What is shown is for example that the special education teacher and the class teacher take part in the transitions which contributes to giving the pupils a continuity in form of for example successful ways of working, treatment and extra adaptation. The study shows that there is an explicit allocation of responsibility and which information is supposed to be conducted during the transition which makes the language vulnerability lessen för the pupils. The result also shows a good transition competence during the transition due to communication and interaction between those who take part in the transition. The study also aimed to investigate the participation of pupils during the transition. The result shows that the participation of pupils is very limited. An implication for special education is therefore to increase the possibility for pupil participation since this is important in order to support their knowledgeability and attainment.