Offering more than just advice for classroom practice, this core textbook focuses on the issues and debates surrounding SEND to encourage readers to think critically and reflect upon topical issues and their relation to practice. The author bridges the gap between issues and debates in the wider context, and specific areas of debates and discourse surrounding specific learning difficulties, drawing on a continuation of themes and evidence-based research. Each chapter includes a range of learning features to encourage criticality and deepen understanding. These are: Exercises and...

Offering more than just advice for classroom practice, this core textbook focuses on the issues and debates surrounding SEND to encourage readers to think critically and reflect upon topical issues and their relation to practice. The author bridges the gap between issues and debates in the wider context, and specific areas of debates and discourse surrounding specific learning difficulties, drawing on a continuation of themes and evidence-based research. Each chapter includes a range of learning features to encourage criticality and deepen understanding. These are: Exercises and...