Principles and practices of working with pupils with special educational needs and disability : a student guide / Trevor Cotterill.
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TextPublisher: New York : Routledge, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203703830; 0203703839; 9781351336666; 1351336665; 9781351336673; 1351336673; 9781351336659; 1351336657Subject(s): Children with mental disabilities -- Education | Learning disabled children -- Education | Special education | Sensory disorders in children | EDUCATION / Administration / General | EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions | EDUCATION / GeneralDDC classification: 371.92 LOC classification: LC4601Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement Introduction -- The SEND professional -- Safeguarding and child protection -- The changing role of the SEND practitioner -- Working with families in the SEND context -- Inclusivity, models and discourses -- Introducing developmental diversities -- Profound and multiple learning disabilities and difficulties -- Autistic spectrum disorder -- Attention disorders (ADD, ADHD) -- Dyslexia -- Understanding and managing speech, language and communication difficulties -- Chromosomal and gestational diversity.
Providing insight into current research, and comprehensive guidance on recent legislation and policy, this key text offers anyone working or preparing to work with children with SEND with essential academic and theoretical understanding to underpin and inform existing and future practice. Exploring prime areas in which professionals work directly with children with SEND, chapters broach current issues and debates relating to practice, and examine recent advances in research, policy and legislation in areas including education, health and social care. This interdisciplianry approach, coupled with case studies, points for reflection and clearly signposted activities throughout, gives readers the opportunity to develop a thorough understanding of the complexities surrounding SEND and enables them to relate these to their own practice. Packed with practical tips and examples of best practice, topics discussed include: approaches to inclusion, integration and segregation competing discourses surrounding SEND and their impacts on children, families and professionals safeguarding and the voice of the child multi-agency work and the changing role of the SEND practitioner working in partnership with parents and families research and practice in relation to issues such as Autistic Spectrum Disorder, chromosomal and gestational diversity, ADHD and Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities and Difficulties. Demystifying changes to policy, exploring legislation, and identifying best practice, this invaluable resource will support students, SEND practitioners and professionals to develop and enhance practice with children with SEND.
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