Teaching of students with learning difficulties

Autism Awareness and Crime explores Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and the 'school to prison pipeline'.

Written to meet the needs of teaching assistants and learning support assistants, this book provides a practical toolkit for supporting students on the autistic spectrum in mainstream secondary schools.

The Pedagogy of Special Needs Education: Phenomenology of Sameness and Difference outlines how to understand the inner and behavioral lives of children with intellectual disability through the psychology and phenomenology of "e;stories"e; derived from the experiences of living with these children.

This important guide offers practical teaching solutions to address the challenges facing RELD students in special education, particularly in high-needs schools where the number of students identified as needing special education exceeds the national average.

Worldwide, more parents are opting for immersion pre-schooling for their children in order to benefit from its linguistic, educational, and cultural benefits.

This practical guide to the intellectual assessment of children and adolescents in schools is widely used, both by practicing school psychologists and by instructors and students in graduate school psychology programs.

Cutting-edge research reveals that parents can play a huge role in helping toddlers and preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) connect with others and live up to their potential.

Language and communication skills are a key foundation of child development.

Armed with the wealth of understanding and strategies in this guide, students will discover how they can learn best, to make studying and revision more effective (and less stressful).

Intensive, individualized interventions are certainly the hallmark promise of special education.

This book de-mystifies supervision in speech and language therapy, focusing on the practicalities and pitfalls.

The difficulties dyslexic students experience in the English mainstream classroom and present to their English teacher are examined in detail in this book.

First published in 1994.

Dyscalulia is caused by developmental differences in the structures and patterns of activation in the brain.

The prevalance of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is growing tremendously inearly childhood classrooms.

This accessible resource offers valuable guidance for all student and practising speech and language therapists (SLTs)who are working with older people with communication and swallowing difficulties.

Neurodiversity-Affirming Psychotherapy: Clinical Pathways to Autistic Mental Health provides an attachment-based framework within which clinicians can support autistic/neurodivergent clients to benefit from effective, trauma-informed psychotherapy.

As the parent of a child with an autism spectrum disorder, you need an informed, caring advocate who can deftly guide you through the complex maze of treatment options.

Packed with helpful advice, checklists and templates, this book will help you improve your study skills throughout your time at university.

This innovative manual sets out advice on fundamental movement skill acquisition (FMS) and its benefits for improving physical, verbal and social skills for people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Now in its fourth edition, with updates to reflect developments in our understanding of learning difficulties in maths, this award-winning text provides vital, pragmatic insights into the often-confusing world of numeracy.

Practical, up-to-date guidance on identifying Specific Learning Disability Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification provides accessible, authoritative guidance on specific learning disability (SLD), with the most up-to-date information on assessment, identification, interventions, and more.

This unique book features a collection of lively stories on the integration of Intensive Interaction practice into schools and adult service settings.

For undergraduates taking introduction courses in communication sciences and disorders.

The revised second edition of this practical manual is filled with easy-to-follow exercises and activities designed to facilitate creative drama sessions for people with learning difficulties.

Addressing the complex issue of what constitutes a communication enabling environment for children with autism who use little or no speech, Potter and Whittaker show that the communication of these children can be significantly affected by a range of social and environmental influences.

Packed with helpful advice, checklists and templates, this book will help you improve your study skills throughout your time at university.

Originally published in 1989.

Teaching yoga to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other special needs is easy using this visual how-to handbook.

Thoroughly revised throughout, this bestselling book returns in a new edition to take an even more comprehensive look at the question: How can teachers and schools create genuinely inclusive classrooms that meet the needs of every student?

First published in 1978.

The ability to communicate is an essential life skill for all children and young people and it underpins their social, emotional and educational development.

This book has been replaced by Diagnosing Learning Disorders, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-3791-4.

This book empowers parents of autistic young people aged 11 to 20 to help them promote resilience in their child.

First published in 1986.

This book examines real life reflections on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), current practices and issues related to assessing, instructing and life-long planning for individuals with autism and developmental disabilities.

This timely book tackles underlying issues that see disproportionate numbers of African American males with dyslexia undiagnosed, untreated, and falling behind their peers in terms of literacy achievement.

This book is a collection of ideas, activities and approaches for science learning, to support kids with learning differences aged 9+ to grow in confidence, recall and understanding.

Solution focused brief therapy is an evidence-based approach that enables people to make meaningful change in their everyday lives.

This guidebook is designed to be used alongside the storybook The Man-Eating Sofa (for 8-12 year-olds).

In this colourful illustrated storybook, part of the School Start series, children with language needs can explore the story of Nik the Ninja, and his disastrous night at Merryville Museum.

Essential advice and resources for helping kids with dyslexia The Dyslexia Checklist is a valuable guide for parents and teachers that can help them better understand children and teenagers with dyslexia and other reading- and language-based disabilities.

At least one in seven people are thought to be neurodivergent.

This book, the first in an exciting new series, provides speech and language therapy students and newly qualified and beginning stammering specialists with 100 key points that will help form a strong foundation for their work supporting adults and teenagers who stammer.

Create an inclusive classroom for all through engaging maths activities such as Shape Bingo, Cake Splat!

Stuttering Perspectives is a highly engaging book that interweaves discussion and research about stuttering with personal accounts.

Autism represents one of the biggest health challenges facing children today.

Can you imagine not being able to recognize those you know if they wore glasses, changed their hairstyle, or perhaps put on a hat?

Special education across education programs nationwide is an incredibly high-need teacher shortage area, and mentoring can make a profound difference in teacher retention and effectiveness.