An introduction to the responsibilities and requirements of working as a teacher in comprehensive education. The objectives of the work are to: relate teacher competencies to professionalism; bring the teacher face to face with professional realities; and set expectations in context.

A guide for all teachers in assessing the needs of pupils in primary and secondary schools, but of particular use to Special Needs Co-ordinators.

Children's personal and social development now forms a central component of the education curriculum. Through a structured set of cartoon-style resource materials designed to be used in a variety of classroom activities such as group discussion and role play, this book aims to provide teachers with the strategies for helping children to: gain a better understanding of social relationships; foster positive social behaviour; and avoid antisocial behaviour like bullying in schools.

Aims to help in developing working partnerships to meet special educational needs. The book defines what it means to practice and how to achieve it, asking How can parent-teacher partnership become a reality for all concerned and why is there resistance to it?.

Teacher support teams are school-based, problem-solving groups which function to support pupils indirectly through teacher collaboration. The principle behind these support teams is to make the most of the knowledge and skills of teachers already in a school. This handbook offers training information and activities useful in the setting up, running and evaluation of this provision, where teachers can exchange their knowledge of different teaching approaches and methods, and seek peer support for problems they have experienced in the classroom. The book provides useful timetables,...

Aiming to provide practical guidance for integration, this work explores the philosophy of integration and provides basic information about a range of disabilities with particular reference to educational implications. Whole-school issues include special needs policy, equal opportunity, timetable implications and medical issues, aiming tp provide ideas for the preparation of staff and pupils. The Code of Practice is addressed, with suggestions for responding to assessment, individual education plans and provision. A detailed range of resources for subject teachers is presented including those...

A text that aims to provide teachers with the skills required to deliver a curriculum in Physical Education which enables children to learn in relation to their individual needs, focusing on special education needs, integration and access issues. Features include: assessing core movement skills; observing children within class lessions in order to match tasks to learners' needs; breaking down skills so that tasks are made accessible to all children; how to deliver differentiated tasks to children with different needs; and practical ideas to be used with individuals, groups and classes of...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Written by teachers from a secondary school for pupils with severe learning difficulties, this book provides teachers in both mainstream and special schools with a tried-and-tested progressive health education curriculum. The text aims to: equip teachers with a step-by-step teaching programme for each stage of learning which covers nationally recommended guidelines for personal and social education; offer clear guidance on planning and on ways to work with parents and governors; and emphasise a whole-school approach to sex and health education which builds on existing skills and increases the...