Over 100,000 parents have found the facts they need about high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including Asperger syndrome, in this indispensable guide. Leading experts show how you can work with your child's unique impairments--and harness his or her capabilities.

Aims to help in developing working partnerships to meet special educational needs. The book defines what it means to practice and how to achieve it, asking "How can parent-teacher partnership become a reality for all concerned and why is there resistance to it?".

Collaborative working is now a key aspect of practice and this is one of only a few books to focus this issue around special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Written principally for parents, this is a book which explains what it means for your child to be diagnosed with PDD, NOS, autism or Asperger Syndrome, and where you go from there. The authors describe the symptoms of PDD, what a diagnosis means, how a child fits into the diagnostic terminology and the diagnostic procedures involved.

Most early years groups will at some point include children who have physical and coordination difficulties. This book aims to help early years professionals to recognize and understand specific special needs conditions and to provide appropriate inclusive activities.

This book shows in-service Physical Education teachers across all phases how to be more inclusive in their practice. It can also be used by practitioners working in a practical or sporting context with young people to support the all lessons, activities and sessions.

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This volume provides a series of in-service activities for staff working with pupils with special educational needs to develop record keeping practice. The activities are designed to encourage staff to work together to develop their own formats and systems of record keeping.

An examination of the cognitive, medical and psychological aspects of educating a child with Prader-Willi Syndrome. Practical advice is given for every part of the schooling process, from classroom management to helping the child with difficult lessons such as maths.

This book suggests adopting educational practices which encourage feelings of emotional security, promote trusting and supportive relationships and reflect students' views and feelings; essential qualities for healthy personal and social development in children and young people.

This book introduces the psychology of dyslexia to teachers. Although primarily for teachers, the book will be of interest to other professionals, such as Speech Therapists, who are undertaking a course on dyslexia, as well as parents of dyslexic children.

Detailing over 60 different special needs conditions this book is an ideal `go-to-guide' to help teachers understand, identify and work with children who have special needs.

The father of Nick Vujicic, one of the world's most beloved persons with a disability, shares candidly the mistakes and successes in raising a child with unique challenges - from birth to an independent and satisfying adulthood.

The No. 1 Sunday Times and internationally bestselling account of life as an autistic child. 'Brilliant ... both moving and strangely optimistic' (Daily Telegraph).

Imagine a child who has never seen or heard any language at all. Would such a child be able to invent a language on her own? Despite what one might guess, the children described in this book make it clear that the answer to this question is 'yes'.

Covering the new SEN legislation and policy, this book brings new and experienced SENCOs up-to-date with the most recent reforms in provision and regulation and supports them through all the key areas of implanting a new SEN system effectively.

This handbook provides researchers and other professionals with the most up-to-date cutting edge practices in dyslexia from research and practitioner perspectives.

Examines self-advocacy in the lives of people with learning difficulties. This book uses the term 'learning difficulties' to describe people who have been labelled at some point in their lives as requiring specialist 'mental handicap services'. It is useful for supporters, policy makers, professionals and service providers.

Meeting the needs of trainee teachers and Higher Level Teaching Assistants, this book provides an introduction to key issues. It covers: self-assessment of your own attitudes towards SEN issues; legal definitions and current legislation and guidance; and, identification, assessment and support for children with SENs across the key stages.

Informs SENCOs what they must do to meet the national statutory requirements, as well as when and how to implement and enhance them