A Quick Guide to Special Needs and Disabilities

A Quick Guide to Special Needs is a reference book written for busy teachers, SENCOs, practitioners and anyone else who is interested in pragmatic solutions to the challenges of teaching children and young people with additional needs. Detailing over 60 conditions which cause people to have additional needs, Bob Bates helps you broaden your understanding of different physical, neurological, psychological, and developmental needs, suggests approaches to work with those who have these needs, and offers advice on how to apply these ideas to your own teaching. Each individual need is explained over a 2-page spread and every entry includes; · Case studies. Encouraging you to reflect on real-life situations to understand the impact that each condition has on people and how they, and their parents and their deal with it. · Do it steps. Offering a simple step-by-step approach that you can follow in order to meeting additional needs arising out of these conditions. · Important steps for the classroom. Suggesting three important steps, specifically for teachers to use in the classroom · Recommended reading. Books, articles and websites where further information on specific conditions are available. Whether you're newly qualified, and experienced teacher or simply want to further your understanding on the vast variety of individual needs which occur in the classroom and beyond, then this is the ideal go-to for you.