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Using Literacy to Develop Thinking Skills with Children Aged 7-11

by Paula Iley

These creative off-the-shelf activities will spark children's thinking skills through speaking, listening, reading and writing. Busy teachers wanting to shake up their lessons will find them indispensable. Includes:...

An A to Z Practical Guide to Learning Difficulties

by Harry Ayers & Francesca Gray

Accessing up-to-date information about general and specific learning difficulties is made easy, with this indispensable reference book. Covering difficulties that relate to children, adolescents and adults,...

Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization and a New Moral Community

by Heather Keith & Kenneth D. Keith

Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and evolution of the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities....

Improving Disabled Students' Learning: Experiences and Outcomes

by Mary Fuller, Jan Georgeson & Mick Healey

How do disabled students feel about their time at university? What practices and policies work and what challenges do they encounter? How do they view staff and those providing learning support?

This book...

Identifying and Supporting Children with Specific Learning Difficulties: Looking Beyond the Label to Support the Whole Child

by Pamela Deponio & Christine Macintyre

Many children experience difficulties which impact on their learning at home and school. Some children are considered to have a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia or dyspraxia, but other children...

Beautiful Child

by Torey Hayden

In the tradition of David Pelzer's A Child Called 'It' comes the unsettling story of a mute, almost catatonic seven–year–old and the special education teacher who tries to save her from the silence and abuse...

Handbook of Learning Disabilities, Second Edition

by H. Lee Swanson, Karen R. Harris & Steve Graham

Widely regarded as the standard reference in the field, this comprehensive handbook presents state-of-the-art knowledge about the nature and classification of learning disabilities (LD), their causes, and how...

Numeracy and Learning Difficulties: Approaches to Teaching and Assessment

by Peter Westwood

By understanding why children struggle with maths, teachers are better equipped to provide effective support and nurture confidence in low-achievers.

Numeracy and Learning Difficulties includes how to tackle...

Dyscalculia: Action plans for successful learning in mathematics

by Glynis Hannell

Based on expert observations of children who experience difficulties with maths this book gives a comprehensive overview of dyscalculia, providing a wealth of information and useful guidance for any practitioner....

Study Skills and Dyslexia in the Secondary School: A Practical Approach

by Marion Griffiths

This book is aimed at those who encounter secondary school students with dyslexia on a daily basis. It takes a practical approach by breaking down the whole process of assessing the issues involved and then...

Dyslexia: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Parents

by Barbara Riddick, Judith Wolfe & David Lumsdon

This book focuses on realistic strategies for non-specialists to use when working with pupils who have dyslexia.

It offers detailed, practical guidance on defining and identifying dyslexia, dyslexia in the early...

Analysing Low Attainers in the Global Knowledge Economy

by Sally Tomlinson

What happens to young people who are defined as lower attainers or having learning difficulties in a global knowledge economy?

How do we stop those with learning difficulties or disabilities being seen as social...

Dyslexia and Inclusion: Classroom approaches for assessment, teaching and learning

by Gavin Reid

Now fully updated, Dyslexia and Inclusion aims to equip all teachers with the necessary knowledge of dyslexia in order to for it to be effectively understood and dealt with in the classroom.

The book is based...

Supporting Children with Special Educational Needs: A Guide for Assistants in Schools and Pre-schools

by Marian Halliwell

Written in the context of recent legislation concerning disability and special educational needs, this practical guide contains helpful information about a range of special educational needs and provides clear...

Single-Word Reading: Behavioral and Biological Perspectives

by Elena L. Grigorenko & Adam J. Naples

As the first title in the new series, New Directions in Communication Disorders Research: Integrative Approaches, this volume discusses a unique phenomenon in cognitive science, single-word reading, which is...

Children with School Problems: A Physician's Manual

by The Canadian Paediatric Society, Debra Andrews & William J. Mahoney

The physician's guide to diagnosing and treating learning disabilities in children

1 in 10 Canadians have a learning disability, and doctors must be able to identify, diagnose, treat, and manage children who...

Differentiated Instruction: Meeting the Needs of All Students In Your Classroom

by Marcie Nordlund

Offers teachers practical and proven methods of instruction for working with a wide variety of learners in their classrooms.

Living With Dyslexia: The social and emotional consequences of specific learning difficulties/disabilities

by Barbara Riddick

Presenting case studies and interviews with all those concerned, combined with an up-to-date account of current thinking, this book provides an accessible and realistic account of dyslexia. Through listening...

The Routledge International Companion to Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

by Ted Cole, Harry Daniels & John Visser

Responding to disruptive or troubled pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) remains a highly topical issue. The challenges these children present relate to wider issues of continuing political...

Universal Design for Learning in the Classroom: Practical Applications

by Tracey Hall & Anne Meyer

Clearly written and well organized, this book shows how to apply the principles of universal design for learning (UDL) across all subject areas and grade levels. The editors and contributors describe practical...