Teaching Assistants Books

New and Published Books

1. Tackling Behaviour in your Primary School

   A practical handbook for teachers

   By Ken Reid, Nicola S. Morgan

   Tackling Behaviour in the Primary School provides ready-made advice and support for classroom professionals and can be used, read and adapted to suit the busy everyday lives of teachers working in primary schools today. This valuable text sets the scene for managing behaviour in the primary...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
2. Improving Pupil Motivation Together

   Teachers and Teaching Assistants Working Collaboratively

   By Susan Bentham, Roger Hutchins

   Susan Bentham is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Chichester, UK. Roger Hutchins is an Inclusion Manager at a junior school in Portsmouth....

   Published May 22nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Reassessing the Impact of Teaching Assistants

   How research challenges practice and policy

   By Peter Blatchford, Anthony Russell, Rob Webster

   Over the last decade, teaching assistants (TAs) have become an established part of everyday classroom life. TAs are often used by schools to help low-attaining pupils and those with special educational needs. Yet despite the huge rise in the number of TAs working in UK classrooms, very little is...

   Published November 20th 2011 by Routledge
4. Supporting Learning and Teaching

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Christine Bold

   Supporting Teaching and Learning brings together theoretical perspectives, practical educational ideas and current academic debates to help students develop their knowledge and understanding of core educational issues. It explores the professional relationships necessary for quality learning and...

   Published June 13th 2011 by Routledge
5. ICT for Teaching Assistants

   2nd Edition

   By John Galloway, Hilary Norton

   The role of ICT in enhancing both teaching and learning in classrooms continues to develop, no more so than when in the hands of effective practitioners. This easy-to-use book outlines the many ways in which it can be used, both as a subject, and as a tool to support learning across the curriculum....

   Published May 31st 2011 by Routledge
6. A Teaching Assistant's Guide to Child Development and Psychology in the Classroom

   Second edition, 2nd Edition

   By Susan Bentham

   How can you help students most effectively in the classroom? As a Teaching Assistant, you play a vital role in today’s schools. This fully updated new edition will help you get to grips with the main issues to do with psychology and its role in the processes of teaching and learning. This...

   Published March 29th 2011 by Routledge
7. The SENCO Survival Guide

   The Nuts and Bolts of Everything You Need to Know

   By Sylvia Edwards

   Series: David Fulton / Nasen

   Are you confused about Special Education Needs (SEN) and Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (LDD)? Are you unclear about how to identify and address the needs of your pupils in the context of the new Inclusion Development Programme? Do you need support to develop a great system that links...

   Published December 8th 2010 by Routledge
8. Behaviour in the Early Years

   2nd Edition

   By Angela Glenn, Jacquie Cousins, Alicia Helps

   Series: Tried and Tested Strategies

   Behaviour in the Early Years provides hands-on, tried and tested strategies to help you respond instantly and effectively to behaviour problems. This accessible and practical book helps readers to understand why children behave as they do and encourages them to think about how they handle...

   Published December 7th 2010 by Routledge
9. The Effective Teacher's Guide to Sensory and Physical Impairments

   Sensory, Orthopaedic, Motor and Health Impairments, and Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd Edition

   By Michael Farrell, Michael Farrell

   Series: The Effective Teacher's Guides

   'Michael Farrell offers well sourced overviews of the conflicting and contradictory advice that is available to schools, suggests a variety of solutions to challenges, empowering the reader to make their own choices.' - Carol Smart, Special Needs Information Press Fully updated with the latest...

   Published November 28th 2010 by Routledge
10. The Effective Teacher's Guide to Behavioural and Emotional Disorders

    Disruptive Behaviour Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorders, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 2nd Edition

    By Michael Farrell, Michael Farrell

    Series: The Effective Teacher's Guides

    'Michael Farrell offers well sourced overviews of the conflicting and contradictory advice that is available to schools, suggests a variety of solutions to challenges, empowering the reader to make their own choices.' - Carol Smart, Special Needs Information Press Fully updated with the latest...

    Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge