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Early Years Inclusive Practice for Children with SEND: Giving Every Child the Best Start book cover

1st Edition

Early Years Inclusive Practice for Children with SEND Giving Every Child the Best Start

Edited By Catherine Mole Copyright 2026
180 Pages 47 B/W Illustrations
by Speechmark

180 Pages 47 B/W Illustrations
by Speechmark

180 Pages 47 B/W Illustrations
by Speechmark
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Have you seen a rise in the number of children with SEND in your setting? Are you concerned about how to give them the best start alongside other children? Based on four decades of experience with a range of settings and children with SEND, this book takes you through the key practices that will enable you to be truly inclusive. Drawing from work undertaken by Dingley’s Promise, a national... Read more

Editor and contributing authors vii

Foreword ix

1 Introduction to inclusive practice 1

Meggie Fisher

2 Leadership and management of inclusion 15

Meggie Fisher and Lee Friend

3 Early identification 25

Louise White

4 Monitoring and assessment 38

Meggie Fisher

5 Voice of the child 55

Abi Preston-Rees

6 The inclusive team 69

Lee Friend

7 Family partnerships 82

Megan Harper

8 Intersections of inclusion 97

Meggie Fisher

9 Enabling environments 105

Megan Harper

10 Behaviours that challenge 116

Abi Preston-Rees

11 Transitions for children with SEND 137

Abi Preston-Rees

12 Well-being in early years 148

Louise White

In conclusion 159

Index 161

Biography

Catherine Mole, MBE, is CEO of Dingley’s Promise, UK. Catherine is passionate about equity and inclusion for all children and young people with disabilities and was awarded an MBE in 2011 for her work with disadvantaged children.

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