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Somebody Else's Kids
Authors: Torey L. Hayden
Synopsis: They were all "just somebody
else's kids" - four problem children placed in Torey Hayden's class
because nobody knew what else to do with them. They were a motley group
of children in great pain: a small boy who echoed other people's words
and repeated weather forecasts; a beautiful seven-year old girl brain
damaged by savage parental beatings; an angry and violent ten-year-old
who had watched his stepmother murder his father; a shy twelve year old
who had been cast out of Catholic school when she became pregnant. But
they shared one thing in common: a remarkable teacher who would never
stop caring - and who would share with them the love and understanding
they had never known to help them become a family.
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How to Support and Teach Children with Special Educational Needs
Author: Veronica Birkett, Rebecca
Barnes
Synopsis: With an increased emphasis
on inclusion in education, the challenge faced by schools is how to
provide for the diverse and complex needs of all children. How to
Support and Teach Children with Special Needs is essential reading for
teachers, teaching assistants, SENCos and senior management. This
practical book provides helpful hints and strategies to support children
with a wide range of difficulties including those in the areas of
communication, learning, behavioural, sensory / physical and medical.
The book includes: details of a school's legal responsibilities towards
children with special educational needs; a wealth of practical and
accessible support strategies; checklists for assessment; useful
addresses and resource lists.
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How to Survive and Succeed as a SENCo in a Primary School
Authors: Veronica Birkett
Synopsis: This book has been written
for and is dedicated to the role of the Special Education Needs
Co-ordinator (SENCo) to assist them in their difficult and demanding
role at school. Everything you need to know to organise, mange and enjoy
the vital and demanding job is explained by a Primary Ofsted Inspector
who spends much of her time advising and supporting schools needing help
with their special educational needs provision. Taking into account the
guidance offered by the draft Code of Practice, July 2000, the book is
divided into four sections and covers; Roles and responsibilities -
class teacher, SENCo, parents and pupils; Managing the special needs
provision - how to stay on top of the paperwork; Useful resources -
letters for parents, invitations to annual review meetings; target
sheets, special needs register pro formas and LSA monitoring sheets;
Ideas and resources for in-service training; Realistic, humorous, and
inspiring: packed with practical & sympathetic advice; Top author is
a teacher, trainer and primary Ofsted inspector.
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Every Child Matters: New Role for SENCos: A Practical Guide
Author: Rita Cheminais
Synopsis: A handbook designed to give
SENCos (and other interested parties) all the information they need on
the latest National legislation and developments in education. This is a
'forward-looking' book that concentrates on the new role of the SENCo as
an agent of change and manager of a large number of multi-disciplinary
professionals. It is a one-stop, up-to-the-minute guide for SENCos who
may feel overwhelmed by the amount of new legislation regarding
education and special needs, and unsure of what is expected of them in
this role. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, the book
and CD provide a wealth of practical resources, and positive,
solution-based advice and is set to be an indispensable resource.
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Special Needs in the Primary School: A Practical Guide
Authors: Jean Gross
Synopsis: Aimed at busy class
teachers, special needs coordinators, heads and teachers in training,
this book shows how the teacher can build differentiation into planning
lessons and schemes of work. It describes workable strategies for
managing the most common behaviour difficulties and meeting special
needs in language, literacy and mathematics. At a whole school level, it
offers practical guidance on reviewing special needs policies,
assessment, record keeping, and the management of roles and resources.
The focus is on the way in which schools can do a good job in meeting
special needs themselves, within the everyday constraints of time, money
and energy, and in so doing provide genuinely inclusive opportunities
for all children. This edition has been comprehensively updated and
rewritten to cover the revised SEN Code of Practice and related
legislation, new directions in inclusion and all the major curriculum
initiatives now in place in primary schools.
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Assessing Individual Needs: A Practical Approach
Author: Harry Ayers, Don Clarke,
Alastair Ross
Synopsis: A guide for all teachers in
assessing the needs of pupils in primary and secondary schools, but of
particular use to Special Needs Co-ordinators.
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Special Needs Handbook (Special Needs in the Primary Years)
Authors: Hannah Mortimer
Synopsis: The SPECIAL NEEDS HANDBOOK
gives primary teachers and SENCOs a wealth of information on special
needs issues together with practical suggestions to help them fulfil
their roles effectively. There is straightforward advice on how to
assess special needs and how to implement the legal requirements of the
Code of Practice. Guidance is given on how to create individual
education plans and how to work with and support the children, other
staff and parents. A useful selection of photocopiable resources is also
provided. The chapters in this book focus on: Inclusion Assessing
Special Educational Needs School Action School Action Plus
Differentiation Making sure the children feel involved Working with
parents Working with other agencies.
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Social Skills Activities for Special Children
Author: Darlene Mannix
Synopsis: For all teachers of children
with special needs, here are 142 ready-to-use lessons and reproducible
line master activity sheets to help children become aware of acceptable
social behavior and develop proficiency in acquiring basic social
skills. Each lesson places a specific skill within the context of
real-life situations. It gives the teacher a means to guide students to
think about the social skill and why it is important, and provides a
hands-on activity for students to work through, think about, discuss,
and practice in or outside of the classroom.
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The A to Z of School Health
Authors: Adrian Brooke, Steve Welton
Synopsis: This handbook allows rapid
reference to conditions commonly encountered in school-aged children,
and to rare diseases as well. It focuses particularly on the impact of
the condition on the child's ability to access the curriculum, and
suggests educational approaches that should help. In this way it is
hoped that education and medicine can work hand in hand to allow each
child to achieve their potential. The book offers: essential information
on medical conditions and the way they affect learning; up-to-date
descriptions of symptoms, signs and current key concepts; current
educational approaches taken to accommodate children with the conditions
and problems listed; and advice on diagnosing and responding to acute
illness such as meningitis (what to do with a child who might have it,
what happens to the rest of the school if it is diagnosed in one child).
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The Left-hander's Handbook: How to Succeed in a Right-handed World -
For Teachers and Parents of Left-handed Children
Author: Diane Paul
Synopsis: The first handbook of its
kind, The Left-hander's Handbook has become an essential resource for
anyone responsible for left-handed children. Author Diane G Paul
explores reasons for - and different types of - left-handedness,
provides answers to frequent questions, definitions and a major section
on handwriting, with contributions from four eminent consultants. She
gives instructions for crafts and music, sources for left-handed
equipment, and suggestions for school projects and research. The book
also contains advisory guidelines, which have been adopted by the
National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and its associated
organisation in New Zealand as a research-based educational resource for
teachers. It is the author's second book on the subject.
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Last Updated: 19th March 2006
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