Special Needs What to Know and What to Do
The Professional Development File for All Staff
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
324 pages
978-1-906517-80-9 (ISBN)
Description
Comprehensive and essential resource file for teachers What to know and what to do deals with: Autism Deaf / Blind impairments; hearing impairments; learning difficulties; physical disabilities; specific learning disabilities; speech and language difficulties; and visual impairment.
Reviews / Votes
"Parents - and experts - fear that a proliferation of independent schools under the new Government could leave children with SEN out in the cold." Fiona Miller, The Guardian, 22/06/10More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 298 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
1869 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-906517-80-9 (9781906517809)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
This series of Professional Development Files offers a comprehensive resource to support staff with information, understanding, case study material and appropriate interventions. Material can be consulted in the staff room or used to support whole staff meetings on selected topics. The purpose of the series is to ensure that all staff have a coherant and agreed approach to the special needs support offered to children in school.
Content
Summary of contents This book covers over 20 different conditions and each topic is broken down into the following six sections: *Introduction and definition *Detailed description *Strategies and arrangements to support students *Case study and activity *Information handout *Sources of help and support (colleagues, websites, further reading and references) Special Needs: what to know and what to do will provide: *an extensive reference source of information about common and unusual special needs *a comprehensive school based resource to assist with your CPD *basic awareness and planning needs for staff *case studies and activities to use in staff meetings *a useful referencing source