Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Education

Using Storytelling to Support Children and Adults with Special Needs

Transforming lives through telling tales

Edited by Nicola Grove

This innovative and wide-ranging book shows how storytelling can open new worlds for learners with or without special educational needs. With sections that outline both therapeutic and educational approaches, the leading practitioners who contribute to this practical resource draw on their...

Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge

More Trouble with Maths

A complete guide to identifying and diagnosing mathematical difficulties

By Steve Chinn

Series: David Fulton / Nasen

There are many factors that can contribute to the learning difficulties children and adults have with mathematics. These include poor working memory, difficulties in retrieving so-called ‘basic’ facts and the ability to remember and apply formulas and procedures correctly. This highly practical...

Published March 26th 2012 by Routledge

Ignorant Yobs?: Low Attainers in a 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 problems or simply as consumers of resources? Governments in developed countries are...

Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge

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

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

Fundamentals of Gifted Education

Considering Multiple Perspectives

Edited by Carolyn M. Callahan, Holly L. Hertberg-Davis

The field of gifted education is characterized by a confusing array of perspectives concerning such fundamental issues as definition, philosophy, curriculum, social and emotional development, and underserved populations. The mission of this book is to provide a coherent framework that instructors...

Published July 5th 2012 by Routledge

Assessment of Young Children with Special Needs

A Context-Based Approach, 2nd Edition

By Susan M. Benner, Joan Grim

Assessment of Young Children with Special Needs, Second Edition helps prepare teachers for the task of evaluating the skills of infants, toddlers, and preschool children with developmental delays and those considered at risk to experience developmental delays or difficulties. A child’s environment...

Published October 11th 2012 by Routledge

Gifted Education

A Century of Illuminating Lives

Edited by Anne Robinson, Jennifer Jolly

The limited historical record in the field of gifted education begs for additional investigation in order to gain a greater understanding of how the field has arrived at its current state. This book is a historical treatment of the field through the life stories of key figures from the 19th and...

To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge