Once Upon an Outreach Teacher

ISBN-13: 9781032604022 / Miękka / 2024 / 210 str.

Ginny Brown

Opis

An outreach teacher’s job is full of challenges, questions and surprises! Once Upon an Outreach Teacher is a collection of stories about young people with SEND at the heart of mainstream schools and the people who support them and help them succeed.

Spis treści

1. Making a Difference: How outreach teachers, and others, can help  2. Safety First: Practical tips for the job, working in the community  3. Lobby: The busy job of the office manager, and other school teams  4. Mud and Twigs: The importance of play for primary and secondary pupils  5. Shiny Things: Passing on good advice, start and finish trays  6. Dogs: How animals can help, parent’s point of view  7. Wrong Again: Talking to children, trigger words  8. What’s the Difference: Inclusion, gender dysphoria and history of special education  9. System:Dyslexia and self-esteem  10. Tweaks: Ways to help engagement in primary school  11. Yes, but…:Teacher’s point of view, and quick and dirty tips  12. A Word about Phonics: Phonics and whole word methods of learning to read  13. Upon Reflection: Masking in autism, not making assumptions  14. Just like Mum and Dad: How children copy, and how we can use that  15. And the Award goes to…: Motivators used in schools  16. It’s Not Fair! : Perfectionism, sense of right and wrong  17. Feeling Cross: Feelings in school, pupils and staff  18. Leaving Mum: Emotion Based School Avoidance  19. Away with the Fairies: Attention and focus  20. Chat with Liam: Young person’s point of view  21. Ups and Downs: Supporting child with Down syndrome  22. Don’t Forget to Remember: Working memory and retention  23.        Top of Every Field: Dyslexia  24. Best Half Hour of the Week: Complex needs  25. Outreach Confidential: Ethical dilemma, involving young people  26. Ouch: Self-injurious behaviour  27. Independence: Growth mindset, learned helplessness  28. Environment: Classroom and sensory issues  29. TA Very Much: Teaching assistants’ points of view  30. The End: Leaving the job  31. Dysartia: Imagined disorder, if creativity was valued more than literacy and maths

O autorze

Ginny Brown qualified as a teacher in Nottingham in 1980. Since then, she has taught in a range of special and mainstream schools and has held various positions including classroom teacher, teaching assistant and deputy head. Ginny is now an outreach teacher, working within a team that supports the needs of children and young people with a range of learning needs in dozens of schools, from nursery to secondary.