Learning Support

Checklists and Action Plans for Teachers. Teachers can quickly and accurately gather key information to determine whether or not individual students need specialised assessment, attention and services.

Strategies to identify and accommodate children's individual needs enabling you to provide them with the best care and support possible during those important early years.

Practical ideas to enhance and develop learning, ranging from preparing to teach the ADHD child to helping develop social skills and self-esteem.

Ideas range from identifying the needs of individual pupils and their learning styles to developing pupils’ reading, writing, numeric and communication skills.

Includes: different learning styles and appropriate teaching strategies; using ICT to support curriculum access; assessment methods and exam concessions; advice on work placements.

Tips and Techniques for Parents and Home Educators Especially for parents of students with SEN needs. Boost your child’s confidence; banish the tears and end the battle over homework with this wonderfully crafted book. Lots of ideas and strategies for breaking homework tasks down into manageable learning experiences in this colourful, easy to follow toolkit.

Coverage includes: self-assessment of your own attitudes towards SEN issues; legal definitions, current legislation and guidance; identification, assessment and support for children with SEN across the key stages; issues of inclusion and exclusion; a range of teaching approaches and strategies; school-based training. With case studies and vignettes.

The nuts and bolts of everything you need to know. Explores recent initiatives and terminology. Examines the implications for school policy and practice; links together related SEN/LDD development; helps schools to develop co-ordinated systems that enable all learners with SEN/LDD to meet their potential and aspirations. For SENCos and other staff from Foundation to KS4 with responsibility for SEN/LDD systems in schools

Sets out the responsibilities of the SENCo. Covers: SEN, disability and ECM legislation and policy; key elements of the National Award for SEN Coordination; coordinating SEN provision; the SEN budget; working in partnership with young people, parents and other professionals; leading, developing and supporting colleagues; record keeping and information management; provision mapping and management. With electronic downloadable resources.

Topics include: observation and assessment of needs; physical development and how to spot problems; ,communication, language and literacy and how to spot difficulties; personal, social and emotional development in line with the holistic child emphasis of the EYFS; Case studies of children 0-5 years; sample policies and lots of photocopiable material on the CD-Rom that comes with the book.

Updated to include new templates for teachers looking to involve children in writing their IEPs and target sheets for both primary and secondary students. Includes: a Pupil Friendly Pastoral Support Programme developed specifically for secondary aged pupils; an Act of Kindness log to encourage and record positive acts I the classroom. A CD Rom has easy-to-use engaging and fun templates.

Considers: the diversity of additional needs; specialist schools; partnership working with special schools; partnership working with groups of schools; schools and other services working together; Children's Centres; With case studies of best practice.