Murray is one of the most eminent writers on Self Esteem and Circle Time and this resource carries the ring of truth, inspiring the reader with a host of delightful activities which will encourage effective learning and positive relationships. The pack establishes the basics of good Circle Time practice and goes on to extend the activities. Areas covered include:

* Motivation

* Resisting peer pressure

* Coping with change + difficulty

* Prejudice + bullying

Both new and experienced Circle Time users will find this an indispensable handbook.

The majority of adolescent stutterers have a long history of dysfluency and as they approach the final years of their schooling they may become apprehensive about their future, particularly in relation to further education, career options, job interviews etc. The treatment of this age group is further complicated by the experience of adolescence itself, and the problems presented by this group are very different to those posed by young children of adults who stutter. This book presents a Communication Skills Approach to the treatment of adolescent stuttering which has been developed over many years of clinical experience.

Contents:

Theoretical perspective; assessment protocol; planning intervention; communication skills approach; intensive group intervention; environmental influences; specific language impairment, Hanna Klein.

This new edition is expanded to include updated checklists of symptoms, discussions of the latest findings regarding comorbidity with ADHD and carryover of ADHD into adulthood, and an overview of new and controversial treatments.

The purpose of this manual is to provide a series of session plans to assist the therapist in leading a course of anger management treatment with individuals who have cognitive impairment. The technique of anger management has become a widely used intervention in a variety of forensic, general mental health and non-clinical settings. The development of this manual reflects both experience gained in clinical practice, including feedback from clients and the influences of occupational therapy and psychology collegues.

Contents:

The Purpose Of The Manual, Theoretical Background, Outline Of The Stress Innoculation Treatment For Anger Control, Adapting The Existing Treatment To Suit Clients With Cognitive Impairment, Which Individuals Might Be Suitable For Anger Management, Checklist For Suitability, Duration Of Treatment, Group Or Individual Treatment, Therapists, Checklist For Suitability, Listening To A Person Reporting Their Anger, De-Escalation Techniques, The Therapeutic Relationship, The Treatment Setting, Facilities, Assessment and Evaluation, Semi-Structured Interview, The Way The Manual Works, Additional Sessions, Recap Sessions, Bringing The Techniques Out Of The Treatment Room, Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Appendix 3, Appendix 4, References, Participant Feedback Sheet, Treatment Manual Feedback.

Designed to provide an understanding of the impact of childhood learning, attentional, and behavioral problems on adjustment in the adult years. Contains comprehensive guidelines to assess and treat adults with learning disabilities as well as a review of current research. Renowned for his professional work with (and books about) children with learning disorders, Goldstein offers a look at what happens to those children when they grow up.

The first edition of this book, published in the wake of the Elton Report, "Discipline in Schools", made accessible to primary school teachers and student teachers the means of putting many of the Report's findings into practice. It has proved of value in a period of unparallelled change in primary education and the management of schools. Six years on, however, there is a need for updating and the introduction of ideas which have been found effective in the interim. The author has enhanced the book's appeal by incorporating frequent checklists and by including new material for experienced staff as well as for students and newly qualified teachers.

Using a larger format than it precursor, the second edition continues to place emphasis on strategies for forestalling behaviour problems through thoughtful class management and lesson planning, responding positively to behaviour incidents, communicating positive expectations and enhancing pupil motivation. There are three new chapters developing whole-school behaviour policies, improving playground and lunchtime behaviour and combatting bullying.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Effective behaviour management; pre-empting behaviour problems; reinforcing good behaviour; responding to behaviour problems; developing a whole-school behaviour policy; playtime and lunchtime; combatting bullying.

Teresa introduced us to Circle Time and in this book she writes about her experience in working alongside classroom teachers in an advisory capacity. The teaching of responsibility, self-reliance and concern for others is translated into practical activities. Ways to achieve good listening, facilitate relationships and negotiate conflicts are explained in the text and developed with activities.

The book ends with a model document, the "Bliss House School Policy on Discipline."

Examines the developing role of key personnel in primary schools in the context of the 1993 Education Act and the Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs. Governors and headteachers also offer views on resource management and interaction with parents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Part 1 Policy and practice: introduction - contextualization and resource implications; operating in the context of Zero Tolerance; analysis of the SENCO's perspective of the role; the problems of the interpretation of guidance - the consequence of SENCO actions from a legal point of view; the impact of LEA policies on the role of the SENCO. Part 2 Headteachers and governors: the role of the SEN governor in the primary school - a governor's view; governors and SENCOs in partnership; making best use of scarce resources - the Code of Practice, the SENCO and the head in small schools; managing special educational needs in a large primary school. Part 3 SENCOs speak: making the job work; even the youngest have needs; role of the SENCO in managing transition from primary to secondary school; is there a solution to this? compiling school policies for special educational needs - the role of the SENCO; writing and implementing an Individual Educational Plan; endless pressure - problems confronting SENCOs in the present climate.

Provides course material developed for senior management, SENCOs and governors after the publication of the Code of Practice in 1994. The text looks at the major elements of the Code from a management perspective. It aims to help schools identify priorities so that, working together, they can create an action plan to be incorporated into a long-term school development plan. Managers are encouraged to consider the budgetary and time costs of implementing the Code, and to consider the potential timetabling and staff training issues.

The book also places emphasis on managers and headteachers, recognizing the changed nature of the SENCOs' role and the demands that are placed upon them. SENCOs and management teams are given the opportunity to work intensiveley with each other, as well as the opportunity to get differentiation into every scheme of work.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

How to use this course; units 1-8; calculating the cost of a staged approach; support materials for IEP writing; menus of targets; SENCO year planner.

A guide to the management and education of children with severe motor difficulties including therapies within the curriculum. The text contains the expertise of physiotherapists, occupational and speech and language therapists, parents, doctors, assistants and teachers, in order to help the reader devise individual programmes to promote the pupil's independence and meet educational and therapeutic needs within the school setting. It aims to support the whole child, ensuring that cognitive and emotional needs are not held back due to motor difficulties. The text includes information on up-to-date specialist equipment and ideas on how to access reading and other curriculum areas.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Part 1 Setting up support: acts and policies - the new structure; who is in the support team?; school planning to meet the needs; organizing and setting up procedures; time management - one IEP for the whole child. Part 2 Practical ideas to access the curriculum: accessing the curriculum with pencil and paper; reading - if I can read you can...; maths and science - will your chair fit in your lunchbox?; accessing the National Curriculum - ideas and equipment; computers - needs, communication, access and support.

A story about a boy called Mark and his Mum told from two points of view. Mark has behavioural difficulties and he has to go away to a special residential school. He blames himself because his Dad left them. Mum loves him so much. She is lonely and she blames herself for sending him away.

Teachers know that children can easily be encouraged to understand the feelings of those whose special needs are manifested in learning, physical or sensory disability. When the difficulty is emotional and behavioural it is harder to teach empathy and understanding.

This book promotes the positive images of Mark and his Mum.

This book offers a background review of the problems dyslexics face in mathematics, a philosophy of teaching approaches, a diagnostic procedure and practical suggestions on how to teach a range of mathematical topics. Although written by teachers working with pupils aged 10 and above, the level of topic they cover may also be applied to a much younger age group.

For the second edition the chapters on basic numeracy have been revised to show the further evolution of teaching philosophies into a unified and developmental programme which sets firm foundations for more advanced mathematics. The chapters on percentages and time have been expanded and there are new chapters on positive and negative numbers and teaching the National Curriculum. A summary of the ever changing field of computer technology is also included. Elsewhere the chapters have been updated and adjusted to take account of new research and ideas as well as feedback on the first edition.

Updated and amended to take account of the National Numeracy Strategy and to emphasize the importance of teachers' own mathematical knowledge, this text aims to provide students, NQTs and practising teachers with the background to teach mathematics to children aged three to eleven.

The book mixes idealism and pragmatism: idealism in identifying important principles which underpin mathematics teaching and provide a sense of direction for teachers; pragmatism in recognizing the structures within which teachers are now working.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Part 1 Mathematical thinking. Part 2 Number: introduction; number in the early years; developing a feel for number; extending the number system; ideas leading to algebra; solving numerical problems. Part 3 Shape, space and measures: shape and space introduction; shape and space activities; measurement - general principles; aspects of measurement. Part 4 Handling data: introduction to handling data; case studies; mathematical thinking and data handling; probability. Part 5 Planning, assessment and classroom organization: planning and assessment; classroom organization.

A guide for parents, teachers and SENCOs who help dyslexic students who struggle with mathematics. The book recommends strategies that can be used with students of all ages and the illustrations show ways in which to tackle complex concepts. It presents an overview of general difficulties, including assessment techniques and the language of mathematics, and examines specific problems relating to the attainment targets of the National Curriculum: number, algebra, shape, space, measures and handling data.

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Part 1 An overview of the problem; assessment; learning styles; the language of mathematics; helping with basics. Part 2 A guide to number: a guide to algebra; a guide to shape and space; a guide to handling data; how computers can help.

This updated edition provides practical assistance to teachers and student teachers working with children with special educational needs in mainstream schools. It offers strategies for effective classroom organization and management in an easily accessible format.

The chapters in this work describe and explore: contemporary assessment and intervention work with young children with Down's Syndrome, and with hearing, vision, physical and language special needs; the ways in which policies are being translated into practice; and inter-agency co-operation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

The state and status of special educational needs in the early years, Sheila Wolfendale; a pre-school assessment model, Moira Challen; STAR children's centre - comprehensive working with young children with special needs, Cathy Hamer; play, assessment and culture, Runi Sayeed and Ellen Guerin; the multidisciplinary assessment of under fives with cerebral palsy, Mark Fox; the special educational needs of children with Down's syndrome, Stephanie Lorenz; early years - the integration of the visually impaired child, Mary Burke; supporting deaf children in the early years - an inclusive approach, Mary Robinson; language impairment in pre-schoolers, Lesley Fleming and Sue Sheppard; provision for special educational needs in the early years - policy and procedures within one LEA, Janine Wooster and Ann Warn; principles into practice - an assessment framework for educational psychologists, Fiona Barnett et al; surveying professional practice in early years multidisciplinary assessment teams, Hannah Mortimer; educational psychologists and inter-agency collaboration for pre-school children, Karen Hobson; all young children have needs, Jo Goodall; inclusive education for children with special educational needs in the early years, Chris Lloyd.

This text is meant as a companion for students in teacher-training, newly-qualified teachers, or for anyone teaching children with autistic spectrum disorders for the first time in a mainstream setting. Using a case-study approach, the authors: help the teacher to identify the meaning behind pupils' actions and reactions; provide suggested responses via practical exercises and curriculum ideas; and provide signposts to other useful literature and list services and organisations which can further help the pupil. No prior knowledge of autistic spectrum disorders is required.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Introduction to autistic spectrum disorders; language and communication - problems and strategies; developing social relationships; helping the pupil become more flexible; managing and preventing challenging behaviour; working with parents and carers; working collaboratively - whole-school ethos; management of teacher stress.

This practical resource aims to promote an understanding of the importance of memory in learning. Teachers in mainstream and special schools are encouraged to implement effective strategies into their everyday practice, which should help children of all ages remember and organize their response to what has been taught. With photocopiable illustrations to support the text, the authors: provide important background information about the structure, development and assessment of human memory; make plain the distinction between different types of long-term and short-term (working) memory; explore the ways in which verbal and visual material interact in the memory; and provide a range of mnemonics and other practical strategies to use in the classroom.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Human memory; memory and language; memory and education; memory and functional skills and strategies; memory and key learning goals.

This title covers a wide range of mental-health issues as they relate to deafness. Written by experts in this field, this may be of particular interest to care workers with deaf people, general mental-health workers, and mental health workers with deaf people

Contents:

Part 1 Assessment: deaf people in society, Kay Meadow-Orlans; child and family, Peter Hindley; adult psychiatry, Nick Kitson and Alice Thacker; mental impairment, Chris Williams and Sally Austen; multi-sensory impairment, David Bond; child abuse, Patrick Brookhouser, Patricia Sullivan and John Scanlan; psychological assessment, Lynne Blennerhassett; forensic psychiatry, Peter Hindley and Darshan Sharma; addictive behaviour, Ken Checinski; acquired deafness, Katia Herbst. Part 2 Management: mental health workers - deaf or hearing, Herbert Marvin and Nick Kitson; educational interventions, Mark Greenberg; psychodynamic and creative therapies, Nich Kitson, Janet Fernando and Jane Douglas; family therapy, Barbara Warner; behavioural and cognitive approaches, Sue O'Rourke; drug treatments, Nick Kitson and Jeremy Bird; rehabilitation, Nick Kitson and Sarah Wilson; preventative approaches, Howard White.

This collection of essays extends the microgenetic theory of the mind/brain state to basic problems in process psychology and philosophy of mind. The author's micro-temporal model of brain activity and psychological events, originally based on studies of patients with focal brain damage, is extended to the concept of the moment in Buddhist philosophy, conscious and unconscious thought, the nature of the self, subjective time and aesthetic perception. The author develops a highly original psychology of mental process, actually a "cognitive metaphysics", which is grounded in brain physiology and clinical psychopathology. A central theme is that the natural categories that arise in the extensibility of temporal data are continuous with conceptual structures in the human mind.

This work provides informative guidance for practitioners involved in areas of literacy, multilingualism and dyslexia. It offers advice on assessment and support for bilingual learners and those needing to acquire a modern foreign language.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Section 1 Assessment: dyslexia diagnosis in different languages; assessing varieties of literacy and English; bilingualism and literacy assessment; bilingual children's profiles on dyslexia screening measures; literacy development in emergent bilingual children. Section 2 Approaches and strategies: dyslexia and bilingualism - implications for assessment, teaching and learning; the effects of Literacy Hour and phonics teaching on poor readers' phonological and literacy skills - case studies of children with English as an additional language; text genre, miscue analysis, bilingualism and dyslexia - teaching strategies with junior school pupils; shared writing in the support of dyslexic children from different cultural backgrounds; children's spelling errors in Welsh and English writing; multilingualism and literacy in Sweden - multiple sources of reading difficulty; using information and communications technology (ICT) to support bilingual dyslexic learners. Section 3 Policy and interventions: the literacy acquisition of "English-as-additional language" (EAL) learners - anti-racist assessment and intervention challenges; Maori culture and literacy learning - bicultural approaches; bilingualism or dyslexia - language difference or language disorder?; special eduction or second language learning - what do bilingual children need?; rethinking teacher training programmes for linguistically diverse students with dyslexia. Part 4 Dyslexia in adults and university students: diagnosing multilingual adults; dyslexia support in a multilingual university environment; difficulties of English as a foreign language (EFL) for students with language learning disabilities (dyslexia); identifying and helping learning disabled ESL students in a college intensive English programme. Section 5 Additional language learning: the neuropsychology of modern foreign language learning: teaching modern foreign languages to dyslexic learners - a Scottish perspective: the language puzzle - connecting the study of linguistics with a multisensory language instructional programme in foreign language learning; dyslexia and modern foreign language learning - strategies for success; structure multisensory teaching for second langauge learning in Israel; application of the GAME approach to dyslexic learning in Israel; dyslexia - does it mean anything to a foreign language teacher?; using the Internet as a multi-media method of teaching a foreign language to people with dyslexia.

This monograph provides an examination of both functional and organic causes and types of mutism.|Written in an informative style appropriate for readers with varying levels of knowledge and experience, the book will appeal to student and practitioner alike. Dr Lebrun's scholarship and fluency in several languages enable him to avoid parochial positions and limitations of national boundaries and monolingualism.|"Mutism" will provide instructive reading for speech therapist/pathologists, paediatricians, neurologists and those involved in special education.