Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Schools: A Critical Introduction

by Janice Wearmouth

Overview

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Schools is an essential resource designed to support you during and beyond your teaching training to understand, assess and address special and/or additional educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In addition to the expected updates throughout to the latest research and legislation, new developments include:

- expanded discussions of key topics such as bullying, social, emotional and mental health
- detailed coverage of planning for transition across the age ranges
- suggestions of hardware and software for day-to-day use and use in exam conditions
- increased focus on the importance of positive and supportive relationships

Drawing on her wealth of experience, close contact with schools, families and students as well as relevant research, Janice Wearmouth explores a wide range of approaches to assess and address the most common forms of SEND. These include difficulties in communication and cognition, behavioural concerns related to social, emotional and mental health, sensory and/or physical needs, and literacy and numeracy difficulties.

The author uses key questions to introduce each chapter, and reflective activities to encourage you to consider your own practice to ensure that all young people reach their potential. She illustrates policy and provision for SEND in a highly authentic and engaging way with a range of exemplars, vignettes and personal accounts of young people's and families' experiences within the field, and provides a wealth of additional resources on the companion website

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350173033
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/09/2021
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Janice Wearmouth is Professor of Education at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. She was previously Director of the Centre for Curriculum and Teaching Studies at the Open University, UK, and Professor of Education at the University of Wellington, New Zealand. Janice won the National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN) National Book Award 2009.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Special Educational Needs: General Considerations
2. A Historical Perspective and the Current Legal Position
3. Assessment of, and Planning for, Learning Needs
4. Approaches for Understanding and Addressing Four Areas of Need
5. Focus on Literacy Difficulties
6. Focus on Numeracy Difficulties
7. Focus on Behaviour in Schools and Colleges
8. Uses of Technology to Support Learning Needs
9. Professional Relationships with Others
10. Including Young People: Moving Forward
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

This is a comprehensive introduction to an important topic, and one that provides a key and helpful resource to both students and practitioners alike. All chapters are clearly structured, ask key and detailed questions, and provide useful reflective activities for the reader. There is both breadth and depth to the coverage, written in an insightful and engaging style.
Stephen Dixon, Senior Lecturer in Education, Newman University, UK

This second edition of Janice Wearmouth's book updates the first edition to cover legislative changes across the UK and including research and current issues relevant to the impact of the Covid pandemic. There is a continuing need for this very engaging and critical perspective on the field. It combines a breadth of coverage of the range of special educational needs while providing in-depth discussion of the social and political context and of the key issues. The opportunity for reflective activities with an expanded website to support learning makes this a very helpful resource to those starting out in the field, as well as those preparing to become SEN Coordinators.
Brahm Norwich, Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Educational Needs, University of Exeter, UK

This text offers a clear, coherent and detailed study on the purpose and role of SEND education, providing an in-depth consideration of how education can benefit children and young people with a range of learning differences and disabilities. I would recommend this text for students of education and practitioners.
Clare Woolhouse, Reader in Education, Edge Hill University, UK

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