Developing Decision-Making with Children and Young People with Sen: A Practical Guide for Education and Associated Professionals

ISBN-13: 9780367420987 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 236 str.

Jane L. Sinson

Opis

This essential guide for education professionals provides practical guidance on how to support children and young people with SEN as they make decisions in relation to their education. It presents both a practical decision-making framework and a decision-making syllabus, from which education professionals can create their own curriculum.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  Prolegomenon: setting the scene  Part 1 Decision-making  Chapter one Chapter two  Chapter three Chapter four Part 2 Decision-making syllabus  Chapter five Chapter six Part 3 The role of education and associated professionals  Chapter seven Chapter eight Epilogue: reflections and steps forward  Appendix 1  Appendix 2  Appendix 3  Appendix 4  Appendix 5  Appendix 6  Appendix 7  Glossary  References  Resources  Index

O autorze

Jane L. Sinson is an HCPC registered educational psychologist (EP) and Chartered Educational Psychologist. Having attained a degree in Psychology, she taught pupils with special needs in a range of mainstream, resourced and special schools before training as an educational psychologist. She worked as a local authority (LA) educational psychologist for over twenty years, supporting pupils and staff in a range of mainstream, resourced and special schools as well as delivering training to school staff and parent workshops. Additionally, Jane was the EP representative on the CAMHS school-aged autism protocol panel, and course tutor for the LA teaching assistant accredited training. Whilst an LA EP she lectured in the UK to psychology undergraduates and education undergraduates in Hong Kong. After leaving the local authority, initially Jane worked for an independent psychological service undertaking dyslexia assessments in further and higher education institutions as well as expert witness work, before becoming self-employed. She has been part of The Ear Foundation multidisciplinary assessment team undertaking assessments of deaf children and young people. Currently, she is mainly commissioned to deliver training to education professionals and parents related to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and developing children and young people’s decision-making ability, as well as writing on the subject. Jane also undertakes voluntary work as an EP in a school for children with severe learning difficulties in St Lucia, Caribbean.