EDUCATION
Beating Bureaucracy in Special Educational Needs
Helping SENCOs Maintain a Work-life Balance
Jean Gross
This invaluable resource will help you (in the words of one SENCO) 'get your life back'. Adopting the new and more effective ways of working presented here will reduce the bureaucratic burden on your school - whilst at the same time improving the impact of your SEN provision on children's learning and well-being.
Published by David Fulton Publishers Ltd March2008 ISBN-10: 041544114I ISBN-13: 978-0415441148
( Special Education ) Contemporary Perspectives for School Professionals
Marilyn FriendMarilyn Friend's contemporary treatment of special education prepares teachers for their evolving role in the education and well-being of students with special needs. Informed by her years of experience working with exceptional students and their teachers, this trusted author combines validated research with practical information for educators working in the challenging age of inclusion, professional collaboration, student diversity, and legislative change. Throughout the book, she grounds the discussion in the realities of today's classrooms in a way that is concrete and compelling to future teachers whose concerns must always be the practical, yet whose actions must also consider the broader human needs and experiences of students with exceptionalities and their families.
Published by Price ISBN: 9780205505319 Previous ISBN: 0205505317
Behaviour Management (Ideas in Action)
Tony Swainston
This extremely accessible book provides an introduction to managing different levels of behaviour in the classroom, providing both concepts and the practical applications and useful techniques for introducing them. It is for both primary and secondary.This highly practical series contains a wide range of books of importance to teachers, trainees and NQTs. Each book is packed with ready-to-use activities to be used in the classroom. They are quick and easy to dip into: each technique is presented on the left-hand page, and the facing right-hand page shows a practical activity to put that technique into practice.
Published by Network Continuum ISBN: 9781855392311
Effective Learning in Classrooms
Chris Watkins, Eileen Carnell and Caroline M Lodge
`The book is at once accessible, evidence-based, practical and eminently readable...Readers will find in this book a treasury of learners' voices guiding us towards the goal of more effective learning in classrooms' - International Network for School Improvement.
This book addresses an important, and too seldom addressed issue: learning. Not teaching, not performance, not "work": this book really is about learning, what makes learning effective and how it may be promoted in classrooms.
The authors take the context of the classroom seriously, not only because of its effects on teachers and pupils, but because classrooms are notorious as contexts which change little. Rather than providing yet more tips, they offer real thinking and evidence based on what we know about how classrooms change. Four major dimensions of promoting effective learning in classrooms are examined in depth: Active Learning; Collaborative Learning; Learner-driven Learning and Learning about Learning.
Published by Paul Chapman Educational Publishing
Paperback ISBN: 9781412900713 Hardcover ISBN: 9781412900706
Emotional Wellbeing
An Introductory Handbook
A Must-have introduction to the Teach to Inspire range
Gillian Shotton and Sheila Burton
Emotional Wellbeing: An Introductory Handbook is an essential book for those wishing to make a positive contribution to the emotional ethos of their school. Written by two popular and experienced authors who offer training to school staff, it aims to help people learn about emotional literacy and promote it with individuals, groups or whole classes. Each section includes a theoretical explanation, a description of particular vulnerabilities, plus activities, resources and a case study.
Topics covered include: recognising and managing feelings; active listening; self-esteem; understanding and managing anger; friendship skills; therapeutic stories;social skills.
Every Child Can Learn
Using learning tools and play to help children with Developmental Delay
Katrin Stroh, Themla Robinson and Alan Proctor
Every Child Can Learn provides a wonderfully clear account of how children with a developmental delay can be helped to gain communication and problem-solving skills by exploring and using a range of 'learning tools'. The book and accompanying CD-Rom are highly unusual in being immensely practical, well adapted to what children like to do, and deliberately focused on learning through success. The authors' approach is based on a wealth of experience over many years. It is highly distinctive in having a well thought-through conceptual approach that involves a recognition of the need to tailor interventions to individual needs and particular family circumstances. Most of all, it provides a way to help children move on step by step as they progress in their development. Anyone working with children who experience developmental difficulties will learn an immense amount from this splendid guidebook.
Published by Sage Publications Ltd Paperback ISBN: 9781412947954 Hardcover ISBN: 9781412947947
I Get by With a Little Help....
Bill Rogers
In this book, Bill Rogers draws from his experience as a teacher, researcher and educational consultant to emphasise that colleague support can, and does, make a difference to individual teachers and to whole school cultures. He highlights the personal and relational aspects of colleague support, including moral support, structural support and professional support. In particular, he calls upon the voices of teachers and case studies to illustrate the moral, structural and professional dimensions of colleague support.
Bill Rogers argues that colleague support can affect wellbeing, professional esteem and professional coping. He asks the questions:
Published by Paul Chapman Educational Publishing
Paperback ISBN: 9781412921190 Hardcover ISBN: 9781412921183
I'm a teacher, Get me out of here!
Francis Gilbert
A frank and vivid account of a young teacher in an inner city school.
Published by Short Books ISBN 1-904095-68-2
Improving Behaviour and Attendence at School
Susan Hallam and Lynne Rogers
Behaviour remains a huge issue of concern at all levels of education. This book draws together research and practice to uncover the complexities of improving behaviour and attendance in school and offers a range of practical solutions aimed at tackling behavioural issues and its prevention for schools, teachers, non-teaching staff, and those working to support them in Local Authorities. It considers current concerns relating to the behaviour of children and young people, the theoretical underpinnings of possible approaches to improving behaviour and attendance, as well as what we know about the causes of disaffection. In exploring ways that behaviour and attendance can be improved, the authors examine a range of perspectives including school management and whole school policies, and behaviour in and around the school, in the classroom, and of individual pupils, particularly those at risk of exclusion from school.It discusses the work of Behaviour and Educational Support Teams, teacher coaches, learning mentors and nurture groups as ways of supporting children and young people, particularly those identified as being 'at risk'.
It also outlines ways of improving relationships between the school and home, as well as the ways that parents can be supported to assist in changing their children's behaviour and attendance. Alternatives to exclusion and new curricula are discussed in relation to their success in maintaining students in education. The final chapters focus on attendance and what can be done to improve it in the general school population and those students who are persistent absentees. Throughout the book case studies are used to illustrate examples of good practice and the impact on children, parents and teachers. The book concludes with an overview of key issues emerging for practice.
Published by Open University Press ISBN13: 9780335222421, ISBN10: 0335222420,
Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals
Marilyn Friend
A guide to collaboration that helps students understand and participate effectively in their interactions with other school professionals and parents. This book addresses collaboration as a style, with accompanying knowledge and skills, which guides practices in many education efforts. As a result, future teachers learn how teams of school professionals- special educators, general educators and related services professionals-can effectively work together to provide a necessary range of services to students with special needs. For all educators and people interested in education.
Published by Addison-Wesley ISBN-13: 9780205483518 ISBN: 0205483518
Managing Special and Inclusive Education
Steve G Rayner
This book is a guide to special and inclusive education and provides a comprehensive overview of this complex field. The author examines context, policy and practice, and shows how to successfully navigate the managerial challenges involved, while contributing to the way forward through leadership in a diverse field.
The author considers the present inclusion imperative with its implications for strategic leadership, planning and provision. He presents an inclusive style of leadership for an integrative management of individual differences in education, as well as a critical review of managing inclusive learning and teaching in school contexts.
Written for aspiring and practising school leaders, this book is essential for those with responsibility for inclusion, school leaders in special schools, SENCOs, SEN advisors, and students on SEN management CPD or NPQH courses.
Published by Sage Publications Ltd. ISBN: 9781412918893
Managing Violence in Schools
A Whole-School Approach to Best Practice
Helen Cowie and Dawn Jennifer
This timely text, written by experts in research, practice and training in the field, proposes a whole-school community approach to the reduction and prevention of school violence. Underpinned by recent research findings, the book is illustrated throughout with case studies, examples of good practice in action, ideas and resources including exercises, activities and checklists.
The authors' approach aims to promote non-violence , improve the climate of the school, enhance relationships among staff, pupils and parents, and to support the emotional health and well-being of all members of the school community. Strategies include preventative methods, provision for the individual needs of pupils and peer support, emotional literacy and restorative practice.
The authors also provide guidance on how to create a shared understanding of school violence, how to prepare for change and how to carry out an effective needs analysis in order to successfully address the issue.
Published by Paul Chapman Educational Publishing: Paperback ISBN: 9781412934404:Hardcover ISBN: 9781412934398
Promoting Resilience in the Classroom
A Guide to Developing Pupils' Emotional and Cognitive Skills
Carmel Cefai and Paul Cooper
Resilience is a set of qualities that enable children to adapt and transform, to overcome risk and adversity, and to develop social competence, problem-solving skills, autonomy and a sense of purpose. For children and young people it is as vital to possess these qualities in school environments as in the family and the community at large.
This handbook for teachers and educators explores ways of nurturing resilience in vulnerable students. It proposes a new, positive way of thinking about schools as institutions that can foster cognitive and socio-emotional competence in all students.
Individual chapters examine effective practices in schools and classrooms, and assess a range of classroom processes, such as engagement, inclusion, collaboration and prosocial behaviour. The author makes use of case studies throughout to bring to life classroom activities and concrete strategies that will promote best practice for enhancing student resilience, and offers a framework that can be adapted to the existing nature, culture and needs of each individual school community and its members.
Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN 10: 1843105659 ISBN 13: 9781843105657
£15.99
Resolving Behaviour Problems in your School
A Practical Guide for Teachers and Support Staff
Chris Lee
'Chris Lee's book ably balances well argued and developed theoretical and practical approaches to behaviour policy and practice. There is also a consistent emphasis - a crucial emphasis- on the need to develop a collegially supportive culture in the management and support of student behaviour in schools. Again, Chris sets out useful, credible and practical guidelines for such support. I commend this book to teachers and school leaders to enable an informed, serious and grounded review of behaviour management'- Bill Rogers, Education Consultant
Dealing with difficult or inappropriate behaviour in schools can be a daunting task for any teacher, regardless of experience. This book provides insights into contemporary issues that inform better behaviour management in schools and practical advice on how to enhance it through policy and practice.
£17.99
Published by Paul Chapman Educational Publishing Paperback ISBN: 9781412924146 Hardcover ISBN: 9781412924139
School Success for Children with Special Needs
Everything You Need to Know to Help Your Child Learn
Amy James
School Success for Children with Special Needs offers parents a guide for understanding and navigating the often-confusing special education system to ensure that your child gets the best education possible.
Publisher: Jossey Bass (5 Feb 2008) ISBN-10: 0471748153 ISBN-13: 978-0471748151
Success with Inclusion
1001 Teaching Strategies and Activities That Really Work
Glynis Hannel
Today's classroom welcomes diversity, where many levels, speeds and styles of learning coexist. "Success with Inclusion" provides over 1000 specific strategies to help identify areas of difficulty or advanced development. Using this book, teachers will be able to: quickly and easily identify and record their pupils' individual learning patterns using the observation charts provided, structure a well planned inclusive environment, implement creative and thoughtful learning interventions, and create an atmosphere of flexibility and compassion. Author and experienced teacher Glynis Hannell gets down to the nitty gritty with chapters full of practical and creative ideas that will help accommodate not only pupils with difficulties but also those who are advanced.
The 42 photocopiable worksheets, checklists, charts, games and planners are provided in the appendix to give teachers a headstart. Also, here are observation charts, literacy and maths resources, as well as support materials for teachers, pupils and parents.
Published by Routledge ISBN: 978-0-415-44534-4
Surviving and Succeeding in SEN
Fintan J O'regan
Readers are provided with a wide range of strategies for
dealing with the special educational needs they are most likely to
encounter. Each entry includes key facts about the condition, tips for
managing pupils, a list of useful resources and suggestions for further
reading.
The SEN Series
Published by Continuum ISBN 0-8264-7612-0
What Else Can I Do With You?:
Helping Children Improve Classroom Behaviour
Fiona Wallace
These worksheets and activities are for use with children who create low level disruption in the classroom. By encouraging young people to think about their behaviour and the effect of their actions in a constructively critical way, this resource offers a welcome alternative to sanctions and punishment. This edition has been revised and now includes a session record sheet and more than 20 new activities. It also now focuses on interpersonal relationships, attention seeking and positive behaviours. The worksheets are split into two types: o Problem specific worksheets - designed to cover annoying everyday problems such as shouting out and name calling o Target sheets - designed to support youngsters who need help to complete a number of tasks over part of a day or longer This resource is suitable for staff working with primary and middle school aged children in settings such as schools, learning support units, play-schemes, before and after school clubs and mentoring groups.
Published by Sage Publications Ltd ISBN: 9781412928977 ISBN-10: 1412928974
What Really Works in Special and Inclusive Education
Using Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies
David MitchellWhat Really Works in Special and Inclusive Education presents educators of learners with special educational needs with a range of strategies they can implement right away in the classroom. David Mitchell, a leading writer in special and inclusive education, has distilled a huge range of recent studies that have the most genuine potential for improving the practices of teachers and schools, in order to help them produce high-quality learning and social outcomes for all.
Each of the twenty-four strategies included in the book has a substantial research base, a sound theoretical rationale, clear practical guidelines on how they can be employed, as well as cautions about their use.
This ground-breaking book will be welcomed by any teacher working in special and inclusive education settings who has neither the time nor the inclination to engage with theory-heavy research, yet wants to ensure that their teaching strategies are up-to-the-minute and proven to be the most effective best practices. Researchers, teacher educators and psychologists will also find this book informative and unique in its scope.
Published by Routledge ISBN-13:9780415369268 ISBN-10:0415369266
'Whole-brain' Behaviour Management in the Classroom:
Every Piece of the Puzzle
Chris Derrington and Hilary Goddard
Representing a brave and insightful shift away from narrow perspectives on behaviour management, this book draws practitioners towards a more holistic understanding of ourselves and how we impact on children's learning and behaviour. The authors' brilliant new conceptual model of 'whole-brain' behaviour management challenges existing theories about the management of children's behavioural issues. Their pioneering 'whole-brain' approach draws upon a range of influences and concepts that cross discipline boundaries, expanding on the practitioner's understanding of the complexity of children's behaviour through their own knowledge of neuroscience, biopsychosocial theory and interpersonal awareness. The book will take the reader through a process of self-evaluation in which their preferred ways of thinking, acting and relating will be explored and interpreted in order to help them understand the impact of their 'personal style' on how the children in their care behave.
Published by: Routledge ISBN: 978-0-415-41181-3
Working with Parents of Children with Special Educational Needs
Chris Dukes and Maggie Smith
Every practitioner knows that it is vitally important to work well with parents and make the relationship a positive and productive one, to ensure the best support for the child with special educational needs. This book offers clear strategies for ways to forge successful and lasting relationships with parents.
It includes:
• advice on working together with parents to improve the child's learning
• strategies for communicating effectively with parents
• help for the pre-school SENCO, showing how they can lead the process
• tips for building successful links with other related professionals
• activities and case studies
• a CD Rom with checklists and useful photocopiable material.
Published by Paul Chapman Educational Publishing
Paperback ISBN: 9781412945226 Hardcover ISBN: 9781412945219