Teaching of students with learning difficulties

Support staff in schools are increasingly recognised as playing an important, though often undefined, role in inclusive education.

This book provides deep insight into the social situation of students with different kinds of special needs in various European countries.

First Runner-Up in the 2006 Writer's Notes Book Awards, this book utilizes the strengths of children with ASD to help them develop new skills.

Sensory-being: the enveloping of natural presentness and awareness in an unfolding sensory moment.

Containing concise but detailed summaries on a comprehensive range of clinical scenarios and conditions likely to be encountered by trainees, paediatricians, therapists, nurses, and allied professionals in their day-to-day practice, Community Paediatrics is the ideal companion for anyone working with children in the community.

Recent advances in neuroimaging and genetics technologies have enhanced our understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders in adults.

Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities: Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions provides thorough coverage of the causes and characteristics of cognitive and intellectual disabilities (formerly known as mental retardation) as well as detailed discussions of the validated instructional approaches in the field today.

Im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung (FgE) gehörte der Mathematikunterricht lange nicht zum Standard.

First published in 1994.

Too many adolescent learners still struggle with reading.

Enriching Vocabulary in Secondary Schools explores the importance of vocabulary for academic, social, emotional, and employment outcomes.

Will sits and watches the world go by, feeling all alone.

Lucas the Monkey loves to play soccer by the river, but he has a problem - Mr.

This empowering workbook will help children and young people to develop a positive understanding of their autistic identity.

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.

This book explores policy measures and social programmes designed to make quality education accessible to socio-economic disadvantaged groups (SEDGs) in India.

With increasing numbers of students with invisible disabilities attending college and university, faculty and staff find themselves faced with new challenges.

This book is an important resource for all primary trainees.

For anyone who needs to understand, assess or manage selective mutism, this is a comprehensive and practical manual that is grounded in behavioural psychology and anxiety management and draws on relevant research findings as well as the authors' extensive clinical experience.

The Pampered Child Syndrome is a welcome source of advice for parents or professionals working with children who are given all the love and care they need, yet who remain unhappy, anxious or angry.

Sam is a young boy with Dyscalculia, a lifelong condition that affects a person's ability to process numbers.

'A Must-Have Resource for Educators.

Zack has always found school difficult.

This is a rich and positive description of how it feels to be autistic and how friends, family and the professionals that work with autistic people can be more sensitive to their needs.

Meet Creatia, Persisto and Willforce.

Learn how to reach children who need special help.

Translating cutting-edge research into practical recommendations for assessment and instruction, this book has helped thousands of readers understand the key role of phonological awareness in the development of reading, writing, and spelling.

This book is a re-issue originally published in 1961.

Taking a developmental approach, this accessible text addresses the ever increasing interest in identifying the characteristics of dyslexia in young children and reflects on the best way to reach and support these learners.

This guidebook, designed to be used alongside the storybook A Nasty Dose of the Yawns, has been created to educate readers on the practical, social and psychological impacts of dyslexia on children and young people.

Communication and language disorders are often considered from one particular point of view - either psychological or neurological.

First published in 1993.

Elaine Halligan's My Child's Different: The lessons learned from one family's struggle to unlock their son's potential explores the enabling role that parents can play in getting the best out of children who are seen as 'different' or 'difficult'.

This practical book draws on Ronit Bird's teaching experience to create detailed strategies and teaching plans for students aged 9-16 who have difficulties with number.

Communicating Trauma explores the various aspects of language and communication and how their development can be affected by childhood trauma and overwhelm.

Trueman Bradley is a genius detective with a difference, he has Asperger's Syndrome (ASD).

Art and Design for Secondary Students with SEN is a valuable compilation of practical ideas, visual aids and lesson plans designed to engage students in developing their creative art skills.

This authoritative guide addresses all aspects of school psychology practice in a response-to-intervention (RTI) framework.

This fourth edition has been revised throughout to continue to support students in their learning of special educational needs and disability.

This comprehensive textbook outlines a holistic approach to inclusive classroom management.

Using Video Games to Level Up Collaboration for Students provides a research-informed, systematic approach for using cooperative multiplayer video games as tools for teaching collaborative social skills and building social connections.

The Autism Resource Manual for Families is a treasure trove of practical, realistic and achievable strategies to support neurodivergent young people and their families with everyday life.

This original and imaginative book has been created by five-year-old Heath.

This practical book provides teachers with techniques and suggestions to help dyslexic pupils.

Anxiety, meltdowns and emotional regulation can be hugely challenging for autistic people.

This book clearly explains what Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) are, and describes the symptoms of conditions most commonly encountered in the mainstream classroom: dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, and OCD.

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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.

Completely revised and updated in light of the new 2014 SEND Code of Practice, this second edition of Supporting Children with Dyslexia provides valuable advice and resources for teachers, TAs and SENCOs supporting pupils on the dyslexic spectrum.