Download or read book Whole School Guide to Special Educational Needs A directory of learning difficulties disabilities and activities written by Ann Buttriss and published by Optimus Education eBooks. This book was released on with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Principal s Guide to Special Education 3rd Edition written by David F. Bateman and published by Council For Exceptional Children. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential handbook for educating students in the 21st century, since its initial publication A Principal's Guide to Special Education has provided guidance to school administrators seeking to meet the needs of students with disabilities. The third edition of this invaluable reference, updated in collaboration with and endorsed by the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the National Association of Secondary School Principals and incorporating the perspectives of both teachers and principals, addresses such current issues as teacher accountability and evaluation, instructional leadership, collaborative teaching and learning communities, discipline procedures for students with disabilities, and responding to students' special education needs within a standards-based environment.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1998-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Big Book of Special Education Resources written by George Giuliani and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are abundant resource in the field of special education for professionals and parents of children with special needs. However, it can be a daunting task to navigate through this sea of organizations, Web sites, books, and other resources in order to find exactly what you need. Save time and take the guesswork out of your search for information and materials by turning to this definitive guide. Practical and easy to use, this ready-reference is borne out of extensive research and numerous interviews with parents and professionals to ensure selection of only the highest-caliber and most sought-after resources. Covering everything from federal agencies and professional organizations to IEP information and lesson plans, and providing extensive resources for all 50 states, The Big Book of Special Education Resources is the most comprehensive collection of its kind. The book includes: • Contact information for and descriptions of dozens of clearinghouses and national disability organizations • Thousands of pertinent toll-free numbers and Web sites for all areas of special education • Reputable books, videos, and journals on specific topics in special education • State-by-state directory of agencies, disability-specific organizations, and parent groups • Additional Comprehensive resource sections covering behavior issues, IDEA and IEP navigation, reputable sources of teaching strategies and materials, and more Save yourself hours of hassle and frustration by picking up The Big Book of Special Education Resources, Second Edition, and putting the most up-to-date and reputable resources in every area of special education right at your fingertips.
Download or read book Special Educational Needs written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide explains basic principles of educating children in the United Kingdom with special educational needs and the role parents can play in their child's special education. The roles of the schools, Local Education Authority (LEA), and other professionals are also discussed. Help available to children before starting school is identified, along with what parents can do if they think their child has a learning difficulty before or after the child has started school. By law a child has special educational needs if he or she has learning difficulties and needs special help. This means that the child finds it much harder to learn than most children of the same age or has a disability which makes it difficult to use the normal educational facilities in the area. The guide includes information on the following: children under 5; children at school; assessments and statements (the statutory assessment, what parents can do if the LEA decides not to assess their child, what happens after a statement has been prepared for the child, the time involved in actions from the time of proposing an assessment to making a statement, annual review of the statement); disagreeing with the LEA; choices for the child after age 16; and educating sick children. Definitions of terms are also provided, along with a list of free publications and a directory of organizations. (SW)
Download or read book Life Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs written by Darlene Mannix and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help students with special needs thrive with over 160 updated educational activities In the newly revised Third Edition of Life Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs, teacher and author Darlene Mannix delivers a unique collection of over 160 updated activity sheets with related exercises, discussion questions, and evaluation suggestions to help students gain basic skills necessary for independence and success. Each activity sheet focuses on a specific skill in a real-world context and includes teacher directions for objectives, introduction, optional extension activities, and assessment methods. This crucial book includes: Activity sheets and corresponding introductions in a wide variety of critical life skills such as interpersonal, communication, academic and school, practical living, and more Coverage of leisure activities and the importance of finding fulfilling hobbies and pastimes Tools to help students build their self awareness and understand their strengths and weaknesses Perfect for special educators, general education teachers, school counselors, and psychologists, Life Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs will also earn a place in the libraries of other professionals working with special needs children, as well as the parents of those children.
Download or read book The Education and Care of Children with Severe Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities written by Richard Aird and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a practical guide to managing the whole curriculum for children with severe learning difficulties (SLD). Crucial guidance and effective strategies are provided on how to reconcile the rights, needs and aspirations of such children in light of recent national trends and QCA guidelines.
Download or read book Special Educational Needs written by Lindsay Peer and published by Sage Publications Limited. This book was released on 2020-12-05 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to inclusive practice covers contemporary policy issues, perspectives from practice and specialist guidance from across a wide range of common syndromes. Bringing together the important combination of theory, knowledge and practice, each chapter is written by experts from fields within Special and Additional Educational Needs. This third edition includes new chapters on: - The current context of SEN current context: in research and practice - Speech, language and communication - The role and use of technology in supporting learners with SEND - Pathological/Extreme Demand Avoidance (PDA/EDA) - Working together - Children and Young People's Perspectives Providing a solid foundation for understanding and supporting learners with additional needs, this comprehensive text is ideal for students, teachers or practitioners. Lindsay Peer CBE is an educational and chartered psychologist, international speaker and author. Gavin Reid is an international consultant and psychologist, with consultancies in Canada, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australasia.
Download or read book Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Needs written by Peter S. Westwood and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book that should be required reading for all Secretaries of State for Education. It was easy to read and ought to find a place in as many staff libraries as possible." Education Review
Download or read book The Complete Learning Disabilities Resource Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides a comprehensive look at the variety of resources available for the many different types of learning disabilities, from those that occur in spoken language, to those that affect organizational skills. It includes a wide array of testing resources, crucial for early diagnosis, and is arranged in subject-specific chapters for quick, effective research"--
Download or read book A Quick Guide to Special Needs and Disabilities written by Bob Bates and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Quick Guide to Special Needs is an easy go-to guide for busy teachers, SENCOs, practitioners and anyone else who is interested in pragmatic solutions to the challenges of teaching children and young people with additional needs. Detailing over 60 conditions which cause people to have additional needs, Bob Bates helps you broaden your understanding of different physical, neurological, psychological, and developmental needs with accessible bite-sized explanations of the conditions, best practice approaches to working with these learners, and how to apply them to your everyday teaching. Each individual need is explained over a 2-page spread and every entry includes: Case studies encouraging you to reflect on real-life situations to understand the impact each condition has on people and how they and their parents deal with it. Do it steps offering a simple step-by-step approach that you can follow in order to meet additional needs arising out of these conditions. Important steps for the classroom specifically for teachers to use. Recommended reading, suggesting books, articles and websites where further information on specific conditions are available. Whether you’re a newly qualified or experienced teacher, or simply want to further your understanding on the vast variety of individual needs, this guide is the ideal dip-in dip-out reference point for SEND. Also from Bob Bates: Educational Leadership Simplified Learning Theories Simplified
Download or read book The Basics of Special Needs written by Geoffrey Moss and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in association with Special Children magazine, this practical and highly flexible resource pack is designed to offer help for all those mainstream teachers who may have children with various sorts of special educational needs in their classes. The pack is based on Special Children's `Back to Basics' series, but each section has been revised and extended to include photocopiable worksheets, checklists and practical advice for teachers in mainstream settings. Each section looks in detail at one of the key topics related to learning and behaviour problems. Each is based on a straightforward, four-stage `problem to solution' approach through which teachers can build a plan of action for looking at possible solutions to children's needs: 1. Clarifying the problem: who has the problem, and what sort of problem is it? 2. Collecting evidence: how serious is it, and what are the causes and effects? 3. Planning: what can be done, who will do it, when and how? 4. Action: converting the plan to action, monitoring and review In each chapter the discussion of planning strategies is supported by a case study example of its use in practice, together with materials for teachers to use and adapt in their own classroom contexts. Sections include: * literacy skills * maths skills * science * thinking and learning skills * dyslexia * handwriting * speech and language difficulties Published in a loose-leaf format, this pack provides invaluable source material for all classroom teachers, and will also be of help to special needs co-ordinators planning INSET work and whole-school approaches under the Code of Practice.
Download or read book Ready to Use Information and Materials for Assessing Specific Learning Disabilities written by Joan M. Harwell and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1995-12-21 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher's description: Volume I in the series, Ready-to-Use Information & Materials for Assessing Specific Learning Disabilities (0-87628-279-6) is a complete reference guide to diagnosing specific learning problems, including a list of behaviors that signal possible learning disabilities. Volume II provides 230 reproducible activities to remediate problems in reading, language arts, and math in grades K-12.
Download or read book Wrightslaw written by Peter W. D. Wright and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at parents of and advocates for special needs children, explains how to develop a relationship with a school, monitor a child's progress, understand relevant legislation, and document correspondence and conversations.
Download or read book Research in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1968-08 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Educational Needs written by Peter Westwood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Special Educational Needs in the Primary School written by Jean Gross and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
