Meeting Special Needs in Mainstream Schools A Practical Guide for Teachers

First Published in 2001. This fully updated second edition provides practical assistance to teachers and student teachers working with children with special educational needs in mainstream schools. Within the framework of current legislation and guidelines it offers: Information on the various special needs which are encountered in mainstream schools; Practical assistance to teachers working with children with learning difficulties, physical disabilities, sensory impairments and behavioural difficulties; Strategies for effective classroom organisation and management in an easily accessible format. Meeting Special Needs in Mainstream Schools can also be used as a primer and to provoke discussion and the exchange of ideas within related professional development courses.

Chapter 1 Overview; Chapter 2 Children with Differing Abilities; Chapter 3 Children with Hearing and Visual Difficulties; Chapter 4 Children with Physical Disabilities, Medical Conditions and Communication Difficulties; Chapter 5 Children with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties; Chapter 6 Assessment of Children with SEN; Chapter 7 Curriculum Planning; Chapter 8 Classroom Management; Chapter 9 Developing Reading Skills; Chapter 10 Developing Spelling and Handwriting Skills; Chapter 11 Developing Mathematical Skills; Chapter 12 Working with Parents; Chapter 13 Whole-School Issues;

Richard Stakes, Garry Hornby