This book offers practical research-based advice for teachers and other educators on how to adapt school and classroom procedures, curriculum content, and instructional strategies in order to provide a supportive learning environment for students of minority language backgrounds.
This book offers practical research-based advice for teachers and other educators on how to adapt school and classroom procedures, curriculum content, and instructional strategies in order to provide a supportive learning environment for students of minority language backgrounds.
Offers an introduction to Special Education. This text provides balanced coverage of the foundations of exceptionalities that teachers need to know to understand their students and responsibilities, and the practical information they need to effectively teach students.
Suitable for those who support older children and young adults with speech and language difficulties, this resource provides ideas, practical strategies and detailed information about the speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) of older students.
Offers guidance and practical strategies for dyslexia-friendly practice for those working with young people aged 14 to 19 and adults in education or work-based training. Looking at how dyslexia impacts on learning, this title suggests ways to improve the learning environment.
Building Blocks for Learning Occupational Therapy Approaches is a resource book for educational staff and pediatric occupational therapists, especially those new to the field. It shows how the implications of physical, psychological, social, and learning difficulties impact upon children's abilities.
Provides advice on meeting the educational, medical, and social needs and challenges of adolescents with various conditions. This title presents more than 80 summaries (annotated checklists for easy consumption) chock full of fresh information on research, teaching strategies, education law, executive functioning, social skills, and medication.
As children with Down syndrome reach age 6, they encounter more complex speech and language demands in their learning and relationships with others. This book covers the scope of speech and language issues important for this age group, from understanding language pragmatics to building conversation skills.
Offers a flexible, ready-to-use program to help special students in grades K-5 learn appropriate ways to behave among others. This book features hands-on activities that accompany the lessons, which help students to work through, think about, discuss, and practice the skill in or outside of the classroom.
Making friends can be a challenge for all children, but those with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) can struggle more than most. This collection of ten fully illustrated stories explores friendship issues encountered by children with ASD aged 4 to 8 and looks at how they can be overcome successfully.
Suitable for non-specialist teachers supporting children with special educational needs in inclusive classrooms, this title includes background information on special educational needs including dyslexia, dyspraxia, Asperger's Syndrome, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Illustrates how existing legislation affects the rights of students with disabilities and provides educators with clear guidelines for taking suitable disciplinary actions under the reauthorization of IDEA 2004. This book presents a full spectrum of discipline-related legal issues impacting students with special needs.
Part of a series of publications which aims to alert readers to challenges facing teachers, parents and educators in general. This book presents the perspectives of children growing up in Multi-cultural societies; in Western Cultures; in Asian Cultures and elsewhere. It illustrates and interprets the variations exhibited in children's views.
Late intervention often means that young people on the autism spectrum appear to act on impulse, seem disorganized, or fail to learn from past experiences. This work presents techniques for creating and using a personal planner to help individuals on the autism spectrum to develop independence.
A guide to implementing response to intervention (RTI) in schools. It explains the main components of RTI - high-quality instruction, frequent assessment, and data-based decision making - and shows how to use it to foster positive academic and behavioral outcomes for all students.
A guide to good practice in dyslexia workplace consultancy, and related legal issues. It takes the viewpoint of professionals such as HR managers or trades-union representatives. It also offers advice on how to carry out diagnostic, workplace needs and legal assessments, and on devising training programmes.
Written in the context of recent legislation concerning disability and special educational needs, this practical guide contains helpful information about a range of special educational needs and provides clear guidance to help assistants give support in schools and pre-school settings.
There are many children in need of a variety of additional support needs, and many of these children have poor movement as a key contributory factor. This book covers a section on the neurology of dyspraxia, showing the motor pathways that are energized and define motor competence. It also places emphasis on balance, coordination and control.
Examing primary and secondary schools in disadvantaged areas of post-industrial ("rustbelt") cities, this volume contributes to the debate about inequality in schooling. It outlines an alternative approach to policy, which involves the whole of government.
Examining a range of criticisms made of special education, this title analyses several key debates in special education giving critical responses to inform policy and practice for the future of special education. It identifies possible limitations to the special education knowledge base and provision.
Vulnerable young people - such as those with Autism Spectrum Disorders, intellectual disabilities, or social, behavioural and emotional difficulties - often lack the skills to make the right decisions when faced with dangerous scenarios. This title teaches young people the social skills they need to stay safe in school and in the wider community.
This cartoon-illustrated Pocketbook provides readers with an understanding and insight into the 'hidden disability' of dyspraxia/DCD. It describes how dyspraxia can affect an individual and outlines the challenges they might face. It focuses on how to support children to learn to cope with the demands of the classroom.
The field of special education constantly changes as a result of legislation, instructional formats and the research investigations. Addressing the issues and trends in special education, this title covers research, technology, and teacher preparation.
Offers information for preschool and kindergarten teachers in inclusive environments who have little or no training in special education and assisting students with special needs. This book explains relevant terminology, illustrates how to create appropriate environments, and covers building relationships among peers with and without disabilities.
The Third Edition of the highly acclaimed Encyclopedia of Special Education offers a thoroughly revised, comprehensive A to Z compilation of authoritative information on the education of those with special needs. All articles are cross-referenced, and citations guiding you to related sources appear at the end of each entry..
Different learners have different ways of learning, but when students are exposed to chronic stress, trauma, or drugs, academic achievement is threatened. Offering tools and strategies to help learners improve brain function, this guide presents a concise outline for identifying prevalent impairments.
Finding the right school with special needs provision can be a complicated process for parents and supporting professionals. This book explains the system and the application/selection processes involved. It covers a wide range of conditions, including asberger's syndrome, add, cerebral palsy, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and visual impairment.
Explains the system of special needs education in the UK. This title offers parents and carers a comprehensive range of information and advice on key areas of concern. It provides commentary from experts in all sectors of special education, and includes: advice on assessment and identification of needs, statementing and school choice, and more.
In what ways are issues of race, religion, social class and masculinity played out within Muslim boys' lives? How might teachers and researchers engage more positively with issues of Muslim masculinity? How do Muslim boys view their lives, identities and schooling?
Parents of young children - ages 18 months to 5 years - diagnosed with autism, face the critical decision of which educational treatment program to choose for their child. This book covers programs that use Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention, a treatment based on Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA).
Looks at the philosophical debates surrounding special educational needs and inclusion. This edition highlights the critical perspectives that philosophy can bring to bear on the education policy and provides a varied discussion of the issues. It aims to stimulate debate and to contribute to better informed educational initiatives.
Special education is the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures to help learners with special needs achieve a higher level of personal self-sufficiency and success in school and community. This book presents the research in the field.
Art has been used in special education as a way of offering psychic freedom, if not bodily freedom, by providing a partial antidote to the social problems generated in an impoverished environment. This book balances theory with practical knowledge and offers critical research that challenges the biases regarding the nature of art and education.
Games and activities are a great way for children with special needs to learn important skills. This book provides inspiration and guidance for special education teachers, teaching assistants, parents and carers on how to use lively and engaging play ideas to foster learning and development.
Some children's "difficulties" are not obvious, which can make access to help unforthcoming. This was Sandy Row's experience. After a decade of misdiagnoses and unsatisfactory explanations for her children's struggle in mainstream school she realized that her children had Special Educational Needs and began her quest for help from the SEN system.
Special needs provision in schools continues to be a major source of anxiety for teachers and other educators, politicians and parents. The whole area of 'special educational needs' and 'inclusion' is often shrouded with uncertainty about what it means, either in theory or in practice, or what it entails. This book aims to address this issue.
Children with learning disabilities often have coordination problems. This manual for parents and professionals offers advice on how to recognize normal and abnormal motor development, when and how to seek help, and specific teaching strategies to help children with coordination difficulties succeed in the classroom, playground, and home.
This text provides practical advice and support for people involved in working with children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). It takes a broad-based approach, aiming to combine pragmatic advice with theoretical underpinning, to provide SEN and classroom teachers with insight into support.
Shows that by collapsing the artificial boundaries between schools, off-school sites, local communities and families, and by welcoming the spiritualities, languages, and indigenous knowledges that students bring with them, schools can be transformed from sources of oppression into sites for social transformation.
A tale that begins with the hero's fascination with nature, then shows how ADHD negatively affects his family dynamics, schoolwork, and self-esteem. It shows the hallmarks of ADHD - impulsivity, distractibility, and hyperactivity, as well as difficulty sleeping.
This text describes 78 different musical activities for groups of children or adults with learning difficulties, offering guidance on equipment, numbers and variations. The music is intended to work as a catalyst, to help with learning and improving basic skills, thus aiding communication.
Making sure that young children with special educational needs have the right support is a top priority for all early years settings, but spotting additional needs can be tricky. This book offers advice that empowers you, and gives you the confidence to identify and plan for the needs of every child in your care.
Features activities to promote personal and academic achievement in learning disabled students. This book identifies the six attributes that lead to success for children with learning disabilities - self-awareness, proactivity, perseverance, goal-setting, social support systems, and emotional coping strategies.
A guide for teaching assistants to help with understanding emotional and behavioural difficulties. It provides a range of strategies that include: developing strong communication skills, managing classroom behaviour, and building an effective learning environment.
It is clear that pupils with spelling difficulties often experience problems with the whole curriculum and lose confidence with writing. This dictionary includes: a clear step-by-step guide to effective teaching with the dictionary, over 20, 000 words, a comprehensive list of commonly misspelt words, and further learning strategies for spelling.
Provides an insight into what health problems are more common in patients, and how medical issues can present differently in people with Down syndrome. This title discusses how to promote a healthy lifestyle to prevent problems, and how to recognise health problems early on to ensure appropriate care and the best outcome.
Offers an insight into the language learning process of learners with disabilities. This title discuss the learning process and the teaching of dyslexic as well as hearing impaired learners in various parts of the world, from the USA and Canada to England. It is intended for MA and MEd students, and researchers in the field of SLA.
Everyone working with children should be aware of different special needs and how they can impact on learning. This guide describes the commonly occurring syndromes and medical conditions. It offers practical guidance to teachers and assistants on how to recognize children's difficulties and overcome barriers to achievement.
Ranging from students with behavior disorders, ADHD, and mental retardation to the blind, terminally ill, and gifted and talented, this work includes a definition, characteristic behaviors, and suggestions for working with that student's specific strengths and weaknesses.
Supplies the educational or vocational teacher with advice on the effective and successful running of a training group. The author uses a number of anecdotes from his own experience as a trainer to illustrate group work sessions and structured group activities of various kinds.
Quality of education is a topic as important to Canadians as national health care, but what happens when students start to fall between the cracks in the system? This title offers a fresh, objective viewpoint for policy makers, scholars, teachers, and the general public to consider.
The Parent-Child Home Program is a low-cost pre-preschool intervention to help parents prepare their toddlers for school. This title presents an overview of one of the home visiting programs, emphasizing school readiness and early literacy in infants and toddlers.
A guide to post-secondary education (PSE) opportunities and vocational and life skills training that makes it clear that education and learning after high school are both possible and beneficial for students with significant disabilities, giving them better job opportunities and more fulfilling lives.
Deals with the topic of autism and early years practice. This book provides guidance for early years students and practitioners on how to work with young children who have autism or who appear on the autistic spectrum. It sets out realistic suggestions for ways to include young children with autism in mainstream settings, with case studies.
An activity book that heightens the sensory perception of children with special needs through the imaginative use of everyday 'messy' materials like baked beans, condensed milk, jelly or glue. The activities herein help to improve their coordination, communicative and cognitive abilities, as well as their self-esteem and social skills.
Response-to-Intervention (RTI) is mandated at schools across the country. This book offers some of the best practices for implementing RTI at the school-wide level. It explains how the most successful schools using RTI manage the process. It also includes information on applying RTI for behavioral problems as well as academic challenges.
Includes research and practice, providing parents and carers with the information they need and a host of ideas to encourage their child's development. This book divides skills into six areas - cognitive, linguistic, physical, sensory, social and emotional. It deals with general issues, such as behaviour management and toilet-training.
Research shows that babies can communicate through sign language as early as ten months, long before they can communicate through speech. Studies have also shown that babies who have learned to sign have higher IQs and more vocabulary. This book includes a DVD that teachs parents and babies to sign simple words.
Demonstrates that moves to inclusion have come from many directions: research; the imperative for social justice; calls for civil rights; legislation that prohibits discrimination; and the voices of those who have been through special education. This book is useful for students on a range of courses in inclusive education.
Offers a sociological study of learning through an exploration of the social inequalities in the control pupils have over their learning identifies, from a pupil's perspective, the social conditions of learning within contemporary performance-oriented school cultures.
Focuses on early childhood special education. This text covers foundational issues facing teachers, parents, and paraprofessionals working in inclusive early childhood settings. It covers various applied issues and strategies related to early childhood inclusion - such as how to teach effectively and how to manage problematic behaviors.
The demands of caring for a child with special needs include IEP preparation and working with health care professionals. Children with Down syndrome may also have medical concerns that require close attention, such as sleep apnea and issues related to hearing, nutrition, and exercise. This DVD offers caregivers a the roadmap.
A collection of games and activities designed to help the development of young children with forms of developmental delay. The activities make use of existing play equipment, and help with issues such as behaviour management, toilet training, and sleep, developing social, linguistic, intellectual, and emotional skills.
Raising a teenager with an attention deficit disorder is more comprehensive than ever. This work gives parents insight on everything from understanding the diagnosis to treatment options, and from behavioural and academic issues, to parent involvement and self-advocacy.
Covers various SEN and early years initiatives. This book includes case studies as exemplars and is suitable for early years practitioners, professionals dealing with children with special educational needs and their families, and students in the early years and special needs fields.
Helps general and special education teachers - adapt their curriculum to meet both individual student needs and state standards for core curriculum; work collaboratively with other teachers; develop assessments that accurately determine student needs; and, keep track of student progress through data collection.
A complete course in social skills training for students aged 16 and up, this text is particularly designed for those with mild learning difficulties. Areas covered include: friends and relatioships, personal development, self-confidence, and assertiveness.
An investigation into genetic and acquired health issues that provides credibility and verifiability of data and establishes a foundation of confidence for educators who must make policy, differentiate instruction, provide educational accommodations, and work with the community to serve to children's medical, physical, and psychological needs.
Suitable for people working with adults with learning disabilities, this book provides over 60 sessions of fun and engaging activities that aim to entertain and stimulate the minds of people with learning disabilities. It contains sessions that are divided into different types of activity including cookery, arts and crafts, and drama and dance.
Provides basic need-to-know information for parents and professionals and answers frequently asked questions about dyslexia. Using case studies, this guide addresses many of the issues surrounding dyslexia, including possible causes and subtypes, means of testing, remediation and the controversial matter of "staying back" to repeat a school year.
Offering middle school and high school students strategies to succeed on different types of tests - from multiple-choice to standardised to essay tests - this book shows students how to maximise their time and skills. With real-life strategies, it helps students learn study skills, strategies to handle their anxiety concerning tests.
It is, sadly, a fact that boys don't do as well as girls at school. There is no logical reason for this, of course, it is not as if boys are innately more stupid than girls, more of a case that many boys don't perform as well for a number of reasons. This book aims to change all that by examining research findings and providing strategies.
A planbook, which was written to help children set goals and plan their work in school. The Class Directory can be used to write phone numbers and addresses of classmates. The Monthly Planner helps to plan ahead. The Daily Record Forms can be used as an assignment diary and "Score Board" to keep track of how well you are doing in school.
Intended for Inclusion Coordinators and SENCOs who want to excel at their job. This book provides guidance on: recording pupils' progress in a way that informs teaching, and also in a way that provides easy-access information about how well interventions are working throughout the school auditing and planning SEN provision in your setting.
Integrates the fields of disability studies and inclusive education. This book focuses on the topics that comprise disability studies (culture, language, and history), as well as on topics (curriculum, co-teaching, collaboration, classroom organization, and disability-specific teaching strategies) normally associated with inclusive education.
Children with autism spectrum disorders are increasingly being educated in inclusive general education classrooms. For better results, teachers need to know as much as possible about autism and the teaching methods and modifications that work best for these students. This book offers the information and guidance they need.
Meant for professionals, this book covers the students attending special needs schools, and places therapeutic storymaking within the context of drama therapy. It offers advice on how to structure and set up sessions to be compatible with special needs learning environments. It shows how story sessions can address self-esteem and self-mastery.
Offers teachers a wide variety of topics and activities to stimulate, engage, challenge, entertain and extend all pupils' writing skills. This resource provides teachers and teaching assistants with a collection of worksheets that can be used as instant, educationally appropriate learning activities written with the inclusive classroom in mind.
Helping with planning and time-management, this book contains what you need to know about your role, information on the government policies such as Every Child Matters (ECM) and the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and meeting the Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) standards for supporting children with additional needs.
A calendar that helps special education teachers stay the course in their chosen field, providing both organization and affirmation along the way. It covers such topics as: working effectively with parents; building team rapport with staff; writing and applying IEPs; managing stress; and, maintaining your ideals and energy.
Offering chapters on personal and social aspects of complex needs, ways in which learning and development can be encouraged, and the practicalities of including people with profound disabilities in our community, this text is also set in a context of interdisciplinary and interagency collaboration.
Focuses on educational frameworks in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. This book provides an account of the complexities of special education. It is suitable for those involved in special education, including teachers, teaching assistants, parents, administrators and others.
This edition discusses changes in disability laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It reviews early intervention services for children from birth to age three, and for those who have young adults with special needs, it also covers transitioning out of school.
In this newly updated and expanded edition, Dr. Kumin offers comprehensive, authoritative, and practical advice based on her nearly 25 years of firsthand experience with kids with Down syndrome. She explains the role of a speech pathologist, the stages of communications development, and how Down syndrome affects speech and language.
In the study of learning and behavioral disabilities, effective practice and public policy enacted to implement this practice are closely intertwined. This book contains topics that include educational equity, imputations of malice in social policy, and analytical discussions of Response to Intervention and No Child Left Behind legislation.
Containing practical strategies for reducing the number of individual education plans and review meetings, this book helps readers to use existing systems for target setting, recording and planning - personalised systems that are used for children as part of everyday teaching practices.
Suitable for students struggling to read, write or spell, this title features a comprehensive programme that develops literacy skills by combining phonological approaches with some of the best of conventional, multi-sensory and structured teaching methods.
Off-the-shelf support containing all the vital information practitioners need to know about Cerebral Palsy, this book covers: Explanation of difficulties associated with Cerebral Palsy; Developing concentration and listening skills and visual perception; Promoting peer group relationships in and out of the classroom.
Gives TAs useful advice on: understanding why some pupils have more difficulty in understanding mathematics than others; developing pupils key skills in numeracy; and, using effective resources to stimulate learning. Each chapter contains checklists for TAs to record their progress and real life case studies for the TA to learn from.
This second edition of the popular SENCO Handbook will provide you with the information you need to achieve the National SENCO Qualification and ensure that you create positive outcomes for your SEN pupils. Feel reassured that you have covered everything and save time with the downloadable forms, proforma and audits that you can adapt for your own
Specialist teacher assessors work in various sectors of education. This book provides guidance to aid specialist tutors who are assessing and supporting students in various academic fields; formats for assessments to help tutors comply with regulations; and guidance on reasonable adjustments for students which do not compromise academic standards.
A truly comprehensive, teacher- and parent-friendly guide to creating clear and effective IEPs With the skyrocketing diagnoses of ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and related conditions in U.S. schools, there is a growing need for information on creating effective IEPs for exceptional students.
A growing number of pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are educated in mainstream settings. To support and maximize their learning potential, it is essential that all school staff fully understand their needs. This book helps those who are planning in-service training to assist settings to develop as ASD-friendly environments.
This topical collection highlights the main issues faced by girls in Britain today, and endeavours to put girls back on the educational agenda. It is essential reading for students, academics and researchers in education, sociology, and girls' studies, as well as for school teachers and education policy makers.
A discussion of developing literacy in bilingual pupils aged four to 11. It explores the issues and includes case studies on oral work; using poems, songs and rhymes; discussing books; involving parents; developing literacy in maths, science and humanities; ICT; and whole-school approaches.
By understanding why children struggle with maths, teachers are better equipped to provide effective support and nurture confidence in low-achievers. This work includes how to tackle common learning difficulties by following different teaching practices and principles.