The nasen spotlight series provides practical guidance and tried-and-tested resources for all schools and professionals involved in supporting Special Educational Needs. Written by leading experts and covering a wide range of important issues relating to SEN, the books include accessible explanations and examples of best practice, as well as tools and techniques that you can use to improve provision in school. Several new books are published each year to reflect your changing professional needs, and the whole series is brought to you by nasen, the leading organisation representing SEN professionals.
By Pippa Whittaker, Rachael Hayes
April 09, 2018
This go-to resource provides practitioners with quick, easy and cost-effective ways of improving inclusive practices in educational settings. Addressing the needs of children with various disabilities, from ADHD, dyslexia and low literacy skills, to physical disabilities, mental health and social...
By Jean Gross
December 07, 2017
Time to Talk provides a powerful and accessible resource for practitioners working to improve children’s language and communication skills. Showcasing effective approaches in schools and settings across the country from the early years through primary and secondary education, it summarises research...
By Hull City Council
August 25, 2015
This practical resource contains a wealth of valuable advice and tried-and-tested strategies for supporting children and young people with Down’s Syndrome. Fully updated with the 2014 SEND Code of Practice, this text describes the different types of difficulties experienced by pupils with Down’s ...
By Elizabeth Ramshaw
February 16, 2017
This accessible, practical handbook provides essential guidance to SENCOs in sixth forms and colleges of further education on how to manage the support of students with additional needs, and how to work with their colleagues, students' families and external professionals to co-ordinate effective ...
By Geraldine Hills
February 14, 2012
"A definite must for SENCOS." -- Urmston Junior School "A good insight into process of tribunal and what the Equality Act means." -- Team Leader, St Paul's CE Primary School 'A much needed resource in supporting schools, centres, day nurseries and community childcare provision to understand the ...
By Rob Long
January 27, 2017
Good communication between teachers and pupils, and between pupils themselves, helps to build a good learning environment where all pupils can achieve. This book covers key communication issues including: forming sound relationships understanding non-verbal behavior accentuating the positive and ...
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By Anne Watson, Jenny Houssart, Caroline Roaf
January 24, 2006
To what extent do curriculum subjects, particularly highly abstract ones such as Mathematics, have their own unique special needs? This book celebrates the work done by subject specialists in mainstream classrooms to promote inclusive practice. It describes new and creative ways of developing ...
By Baker Suzanne, Lorraine Petersen
June 30, 2006
The New nasen A-Z of Reading Resources is a graded list of all current reading schemes complete with guidance on the books’ suitability for readers at different levels of experience and competence. It will: enable teachers, SENCos and support services to choose books that are appropriate yet ...
By Hull City Council
August 12, 2016
Completely revised and fully updated in light of the 2014 SEND Code of Practice, this edition familiarises readers with the specific learning needs of cerebral palsy. Offering practical tips and tried-and-tested strategies from professional practitioners, this accessible guide provides advice on ...
By Christine Macintyre
December 24, 1987
Today there are more children than ever before in need of a variety of additional support needs, and many of these children have poor movement as a key contributory factor. Even in children with no specific ‘label’, movement is being found to be linked to learning, and educational professionals ...
By Rita Cheminais
May 22, 2013
Recent changes to education policy have brought about a new emphasis on promoting school-to-school support and school-led improvement, in order to ensure that all pupils, including those with SEN, achieve their optimum potential. SENCOs, often in the role of Specialist Leaders of Education (SLE), ...
By Hull City Council
April 01, 2016
Completely revised and updated in light of the new 2014 SEND Code of Practice, this second edition of Supporting Children with Dyslexia provides valuable advice and resources for teachers, TAs and SENCOs supporting pupils on the dyslexic spectrum. This practical resource will help those who ...