Describes the author's life before and after diagnosis with Asperger's Syndrome. This book follows his through primary and secondary school, where his lack of social interaction and anger land him in trouble, and where he is bullied for being different. It helps those unfamiliar with Asperger's Syndrome to understand the condition better.

This handbook lays out in detail the way in which Special Needs Assistants can work in a productive partnership with teachers.

Intended for children who been taken into care, fostered or adopted, this guidebook aims to help children who are missing someone too much or suffer from separation anxiety.

Brave, bold, and deeply felt, this book shows that much we might have believed about autism can be wrong. Boston...

Many books will tell you the latest theories about what causes Autistic Spectrum Disorder, ranging from severe autism to Aspergers syndrome, but what you really want to know is how to get a good night's sleep, or find time for your other children. This supportive guide helps parents understand their ASD child and offers practical advice.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is indispensable to those who teach learners with special educational needs or who manage provision across the different phases of education in mainstream and special settings. This book gives the context for the use of ICT in special and inclusive settings, and gives examples of ICT in use.

Offering connections to existing legislation, this invaluable reference presents step-by-step instructions for identifying individual children's needs in all early years settings and provides guidelines for involving parents.

This series about individual education plans (IEPs) focuses on significant areas of SEN as documented in the 1994 Code of Practice. It provides key principles, institutional self-reviews, and ideas for action. This volume looks at implementing effective practice.

Offers an integrated answer that address inclusion, equality and diversity in childcare settings. This book explains how to turn good intentions into effective anti-discriminatory practice when working with children of various ages. It includes examples from a selection of childcare settings that show how to put the principles into practice.

Inclusive Education at the Crossroads explores the short and long-term effectiveness of government plans to reform policy for special needs education, confronting questions on policies about inclusion and suggesting alternative ways forward for achieving more effective education of children with SEND.

Much has been written about special education and about inclusive education, but there have been few attempts to pull these two concepts and approaches together.

This series about individual education plans (IEPs) focuses on significant areas of SEN as documented in the 1994 Code of Practice. It provides key principles, institutional self-reviews, and ideas for action. This volume looks at speech and language.

Pupils who survive multiple traumatic experiences of loss, trauma, abuse and neglect can easily be misunderstood in our schools, despite our good intentions. This work includes strategies that provide teachers and teaching assistants with different perspectives, practical tools and the confidence for supporting these children.

Have you ever wondered what IQ is and how it is measured? Indeed, why is there such a premium placed on high IQ? This title intends to provide an account of this controversial psychological construct, discussing the history and the status of the research on intelligence and providing an overview of its development, measurement and use.

This essential textbook equips students with a strong understanding of theories, policies and practices and how they impact on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, guiding them through their SEND course or modules.

This is a highly readable book that would make an excellent reference guide to all the key issues in learning disabilities

This book guide students through the challenging field of special educational needs and disability, offering essential support as they develop a critical and up-to-date understanding of the practical challenges and opportunities concerning inclusion.