Inclusion and Special Educational Needs Books

New and Published Books

1. The Routledge International Handbook of Innovation Education

   Edited by Larisa V. Shavinina

   The Routledge International Handbook of Innovation Education is the international reference work on innovation education and potentially opens an entirely new direction in education. The overall goal of the handbook is to address the question of how to develop innovators in general and how to...

   Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
2. Fluency in Reading

   Synchronization of Processes

   By Zvia Breznitz

   This is the first book to examine in-depth the crucial role of the speed of information processing in the brain in determining reading fluency in both normal and dyslexic readers.Part I explains fluency in reading from both traditional and modern perspectives. Fluency has historically been viewed...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Understanding Early Years Inequality

   Policy, assessment and young children's identities

   By Alice Bradbury

   Understanding Early Years Inequality uses critical sociological perspectives to examine the impact of changing assessment policy on primary school classrooms, with a particular focus on issues of inequality. Drawing on accounts of life in early years classrooms, Alice Bradbury suggests that a...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
4. Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching

   2nd Edition

   By Julie Vargas

   This book shows teachers and other human service professionals working in school settings how to employ non-aversive, behavior analysis principles in classrooms and other school settings. Marked by its clear writing and multitude of real-classroom examples, this book is appropriate for...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Better Behaviour through Home-School Relations

   Using values-based education to promote positive learning

   By Gill Ellis, Nicola S. Morgan, Ken Reid

   How can we create effective partnerships between home, school and the community? How can the relationships and communication between families and school be strengthened? How can families help schools to improve behaviour in their children, both at home and at school? Using a tried and tested...

   Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Essence of Play

   A Practice Companion for Professionals Working with Children and Young People

   By Justine Howard, Karen McInnes

   A unique companion to professional play practice! All play professionals are united in their belief that play is important for children’s development – and there are inherent characteristics of play that underpin professional play practice across contexts. Providing an overarching concept of play,...

   Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge
7. Bullying

   Experiences and discourses of sexuality and gender

   Edited by Ian Rivers, Neil Duncan

   Series: Foundations and Futures of Education

   Bullying: Experiences and Discourses of Sexuality and Gender provides a valuable insight into the experiences of young people and how bullying can impact upon them in the school environment. The book offers an introduction to the key issues associated with bullying on the grounds of sex and sexual...

   Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
8. Exceptionality in East Asia

   Explorations in the Actiotope Model of Giftedness

   Edited by Shane N. Phillipson, Heidrun Stoeger, Albert Ziegler

   The continual successes of students from East-Asia are confirmed in a variety of international tests of academic achievement and yet, despite this attainment, many scholars have realised that a substantial proportion of these students are also underachieving. Using the actiotope model of...

   Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
9. Inclusive and Adaptive Teaching

   Meeting the challenge of diversity in the classroom

   By Peter Westwood

   What does it actually mean to teach an inclusive mixed-ability class? From the author of the classic teacher text Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Needs this new book from Peter Westwood fully acknowledges what is feasible and useful to teachers in today’s inclusive classroom. This...

   Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
10. Exemplary Teachers of Students in Poverty

    Edited by Geoff Munns, Wayne Sawyer, Bronwyn Cole

    Education and poverty exist in a highly contested relationship even in the developed world. On the one hand, educational outcomes seem solidly attached to socio-economic status, and on the other, education is often cited as a way out of poverty. Success at de-coupling poverty from educational...

    Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge