Children Beyond Labels: Understanding Standardised Assessment and Managing Additional Learning Needs in Primary School

ISBN-13: 9781138580770 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 118 str.

Rhian Spence

Opis

Accessible guide to understanding standardised assessment and managing high incidence additional learning needs in the primary school. It offers jargon-free insight into the results of formal assessments and cuts to the core of how to identify, understand and best meet children’s needs.

Spis treści

Introduction  Section 1: Cognition and Learning  Section 2: Communication and Interaction  Section 3: Social, Emotional and Mental Health  Appendices

O autorze

Rhian Spence is a freelance education consultant who specialises in supporting children with additional needs. She became interested in barriers to learning after qualifying as a primary school teacher and went on to study for a Master’s degree. Rhian has since worked as a SENCO, Inclusion Manager and peripatetic Specialist Teacher. She is interested in the use of assessment to establish children’s learning profiles and tailor programmes of intervention.