Description
Book SynopsisMainstream teachers are often unsure how to adapt their regular teaching practices to support Special Educational Needs in the classroom most effectively. This useful guide provides teachers with all they need to know about teaching special needs students in a mainstream context and demonstrates how their existing skills can be used to create an inclusive environment for all students.
Following a modern 'a la carte' concept, the book acts first and foremost as a teaching menu, offering a variety of options that teachers can use as and when they see fit. Written in a jargon-free, accessible style, the author gets to the heart of issues associated with teaching mixed ability classes, offering more flexible alternatives to traditional teaching strategies and suggesting helpful approaches that really work. Maintaining that teachers are usually far more capable of catering for special needs than they believe themselves to be, the book allows them to choose methods that suit their own personal style and the specific needs of the individual student. Essential background information on Special Educational Needs including dyslexia, dyspraxia, Asperger Syndrome and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is included throughout.
Combining practical methods with factual information about learning difficulties, this book is an invaluable resource for non-specialist teachers supporting children with special educational needs in inclusive classrooms.
Trade ReviewTeachers receive a fine guide to developing a teaching approach for creating an inclusive classroom that allows special needs students to work effectively in a mainstream environment, and will find this a top choice for any interested in practical methods about learning difficulties and how they operate in a traditional environment. Chapters offer basics on special educational needs, then discuss common issues and alternatives to traditional teaching methods. The methods here have been field-tested and proven effective. -- The Midwest Book Review
There is much to like in this book. The writer exhibits true empathy with these learners and a passion to help others to understand and support them and the book contains a mass of practical suggestions which can be adopted swiftly and will indeed help teachers to ensure that their classrooms are places where these learners can contribute and learn. The style is informal and the many anecdotes and case studies make the book readable and accessible and help readers to relate to students in their groups... I would recommend this as an introduction to these common learning differences for non-specialist teachers and TAs in that it does provide a real range of practical suggestions... is engaging the obvious warmth and commitment to these learners that Richard Hanks brings. -- Patoss Bulletin
This book would be a very useful addition to any staffroom, giving sensible, realistic and practical advice to enable the non specialist or newly qualified teacher to develop the understanding and skills required to meet the needs of all pupils in an inclusive classroom. -- NAPLIC Matters
Table of ContentsAuthors Note. Preface. Introduction. 1. The A La Carte of Classroom Management. 2. A Menu for Supporting the Student with Dyslexia in the Inclusive Classroom. 3. A Menu for Supporting the Student with Dyspraxia in the Inclusive Classroom. 4. A Menu for Supporting the Student with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the Inclusive Classroom. 5. A Menu for Supporting the Student with Asperger Syndrome in the Inclusive Classroom. 6. Marking, Spelling Correction and Readability. 7. So What Have Special Needs Got to do With Me? 8. What is a Special Need? And is Disability a Handicap? 9. Food for Thought. References. Resources. Index.
