Managing special educational needs : a practical guide for primary and secondary schools

Managing special educational needs : a practical guide for primary and secondary schools /

Written from a practitioner's perspective, this book shows schools how to effectively implement and manage an inclusive school environment. Drawing from their experience in a range of schools, the authors highlight the problems encountered by professionals in both primary and secondary school s...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Gibson, Suanne
Other Authors: Blandford, Sonia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Thousand Oaks, CA : Paul Chapman Pub. ; PCP/Sage Publications, 2005
Subjects:
Special education > Great Britain > Administration.
Children with disabilities > Education (Elementary) > Great Britain.
Children with disabilities > Education (Secondary) > Great Britain.
School management and organization > Great Britain.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary
  • Prologue
  • Preface
  • 1 Special Educational Needs
  • Introduction
  • Section One58; Education of children with disabilities 40;18708211;197041;
  • Section Two58; The emergence of special educational needs 40;19718211;198941;
  • Executive summary
  • 2 Devolution and Inclusion
  • Introduction
  • Section One58; Defining inclusion44; government policy and emerging tensions
  • Section Two58; The pupils voice
  • Section Three58; The parents47;guardians voice
  • Section Four58; The teachers voice
  • Executive summary
  • 3 The School as a Community
  • Introduction
  • Section One58; Defining schools as a community
  • Section Two58; School44; home and the community
  • Section Three58; Parents and families
  • Section Four58; Case studies
  • Executive summary
  • 4 From the Community to the Classroom
  • Introduction
  • Section One58; A new approach to learning and teaching
  • Section Two58; The Special Educational Needs Co45;ordinator 40;SENCO41; and SEN team
  • Section Three58; The Acknowledge Understand Provide 40;AUP41; practitioner
  • Executive summary
  • 5 Leadership and Management
  • Introduction
  • Section One58; Leadership and management
  • Section Two58; Management systems and structures
  • Section Three58; The role of the SENCO
  • Section Four58; Funding
  • Executive summary
  • 6 External Agencies and the School Community
  • Introduction
  • Section One58; Principles
  • Section Two58; Multi45;agency support 8211; external agents
  • Section Three58; Individual Education Plans
  • Section Four58; Case study
  • Executive summary
  • 7 A Policy for Practice
  • Introduction
  • Section One58; Democratic school management
  • Section Two58; Effective and inclusive schools
  • Section Three58; Creating and implementing a SEN policy
  • Section Four58; How to monitor44; review and evaluate a SEN policy
  • Section Five58; Setting targets for pupils with SEN
  • Executive summary
  • 8 Professional Development in an Inclusive and Effective School
  • Introduction
  • Section One58; Developing an AUP practitioner
  • Section Two58; Mentoring
  • Section Three58; Teaching Assistants 40;TAs41;
  • Section Four58; Planning whole45;school professional development
  • Section Five58; In45;service training for teachers 40;INSET41;
  • Section Six58; Evaluating INSET
  • Executive summary
  • Final word
  • References
  • Index
  • Last Page.

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