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This book by Mary Colley is subtitled 'A Guide for Adults with Developmental Dyspraxia'. This resource aims to help dyspraxic adults tackle everyday situations that many people take for granted. It is full of practical advice from getting a diagnosis to learning how to manage household chores. It also addresses important issues such as self esteem. This revised edition includes up-to-date sections on claiming benefits, independent living and community care if necessary. -
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This comprehensive accessible guidebook is easy to dip into and comes full of practical advice covering assessment and diagnosis of dyslexia, recent developments in provision for dyslexic students at University, information about Disabled Students Allowance and provides practical advice for tutors and students alike. It also considers the roles and responsibilities of key members of University staff in relation to dyslexic students. -
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Amanda Kirby, in 'Mapping SEN', provides SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants with a means of identifying and meeting pupils' special educational needs. She shows how to observe children and cluster symptoms to create tailored approaches for those who have more than one area of difficulty. -
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Clinical psychologist Nancy Krasa and middle-school math teacher Sara Shunkwiler combine their expertise for an eye-opening exploration of how the mind and brain work during the many complex facets of maths learning. Research findings, classroom implications and student case illustrations provided educators with the insights they need to improve maths instruction. Assessment guidelines afford psychologists effective means to evaluate math learning problems. The comprehensive, up-to-date research review and bibliography give researchers an invaluable multi-disciplinary resource for their own work. With this in-depth guided tour of essential maths skills and the difficulties students may encounter with each, a wide range of professionals will discover how they can help turn number nonsense into number sense for children who struggle with maths. -
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This book deals with many life situations. It includes stories and insights to help dyslexic/SpLD people recognise what happens to them. It covers the effects from time, space, place, directions and environment. It deals with organisation in everyday life, study peripherals and employment.The aim is to learn to deal with Dyslexia/Spld such that most of the time the effects are barely noticeable. -
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The author of this book, Tracy Wood, has packed this book with information to include: How to recognise the symptoms of dyslexia Understand diagnostic test results Set up an Individualised Education Plan Work effectively with teachers Improve your child's reading skills -
This is a comprehensive mathematics dictionary for students working towards higher examinations. Easy to use - Clear thematically-organised entries give simple, accurate definitions and are supported by useful diagrams, tables and equations. All the words you need- Fully explains the language of the KS3/4 curriculum. -
All teachers recognise how crucial it is to develop good reading skills. This book will help teachers understand how pupils learn and will help them to meet those pupils' different needs through appropriate intervention. -
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This book addresses the principles behind Individual Education Plans for pupils who exhibit speech, language and communication difficulties. -
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In this book, Deidre Martin and Carol Miller aim to discuss in some detail the range of speech and language difficulties which children may experience in the classroom and to offer the practitioner an educational perspective on these difficulties. They also  discuss the speech and language difficulties from other perspectives, namely medical, linguistic and psycholinguistic and their various approaches to understanding these difficulties. -
This small book is one of the NASEN "Spotlight on Educational needs' series. It is concerned with language and communication difficulties in children and young people and is written in a clear and readable style. It results from a collaborative writing activity between a teacher, an educational psychologist and a speech and language therapist. -
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Jane Townend and Jean Walker the topics of spoken and written language in this accessible text for teachers of English at all levels. This book will prove invaluable to those working with children who have literacy problems, speech sound difficulties or word retrieval problems and for those helping students with weakness at the level of sentences and grammar. -
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This book by Glynis Hannell enables teachers to -- identify and record quickly and easily their pupils' individual learning patterns using the observational charts provided
- structure a well - planned inclusive environment
- implement creative and thoughtful learning interventions
- create an atmosphere of flexibility and compassion
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In this book, information is simply explained ad clearly signposted so that practitioners can quickly access what they need to know. Each book describes a specific area of special educational need and explains how it might present difficulties for pupils within the school setting. Checklists and photocopiable forms are provided to help save time and develop good practice. With all the vital information practitioners need about Bevaiour Difficulties, and off-the-shelf support, this book includes:- Definitions and causes of Behaviour Difficulties
- Whole school strategies
- Lesson organisation
- Addressing non-compliant behaviour
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The book is useful and relevant for any assistant working directly with children, as all assistants in the course of their work need to develop a repertoire of effective strategies for managing behaviour. The book is also an invaluable resource in the training of assistants.
