The SENCO Survival Guide, Third Edition is an informative, accessible resource containing practical advice to help SENCOs manage their responsibilities and lead their school effectively towards a common goal.
The book sets out a whole school approach to inclusion and supports SENCOs in mainstream or special schools at every key stage. This fully revised new edition features:
a focus on high quality teaching, with ideas for classroom practice to include and engage all children and young people an introduction to SEN support and education, health and care plans, based on the Code of Practice graduated response strategies to break the cycle of SEND low achievement and guidance on how to create a SEND-friendly environment advice on the role of the modern SENCO, including assessment, provision mapping, preparing for OFSTED, disability discrimination and equality advice on training, managing and deploying teaching assistants effectively strategies to improve ‘pupil voice’ and independence ways in which the enhanced role of parents can be harnessed in order to achieve maximum success for learners with SEND conclusions from the author’s new ‘field research’ in mainstream, special and Post-16 settings
This resource gives SENCOs the confidence, skills and knowledge to promote maximum achievement for learners with SEND and will help them develop and shape their schools’ policies and practices. It will also be of use to other members of staff looking for practical strategies to raise the attainment of pupils with SEN and disabilities.
By:
Sylvia Edwards (SEN Support Services East Riding of Yorkshire UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 297mm,
Width: 210mm,
Weight: 621g
ISBN: 9781032219455
ISBN 10: 1032219459
Series: nasen spotlight
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 30 December 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction PART 1: Identifying the needs of learners with SEND Chapter 1: Rethinking SEND and Learning Difficulties Chapter 2: SEN Code of Practice Chapter 3: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) PART 2: Providing for the needs of learners with SEND Chapter 4: Inclusion: Access, Challenges, Barriers Chapter 5: High Quality Teaching Chapter 6: SEN Support: A Graduated Approach Chapter 7: Education, Health and Care Plans Chapter 8: Multi-Agency Working Chapter 9: The SENCO Role Chapter 10: A Whole-School Approach Chapter 11: Developing Personalised SEND-Friendly Learning Environments PART 3: Evaluating progress for learners with SEND Chapter 12: Good Progress or Underachievement? Chapter 13: Developing Pupil Voice and Independence Chapter 14: Parents as Equal Partners Chapter 15: Walking the (SENCO) Job Conclusion: and SEND Review.
Sylvia Edwards is a former teacher in mainstream and special schools, ex-manager of a Special Educational Need Support Service, and writer of 17 books on education and SEND: now an independent SEND consultant based in the UK.
