ABSTRACT

Educating Special Children is the definitive guide to evidence-based practice and professionally informed approaches in provision for special children. Now in its second edition, this book outlines ideas of best practice that relate to various disabilities and disorders and helpfully discusses what might constitute effective provision. International in its scope, it explores issues surrounding:

  • communication disorders and autism and Asperger's Syndrome
  • developmental co-ordination disorders
  • reading, writing and mathematics disorders
  • disorders of conduct, anxiety and depression
  • attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • mild, moderate to severe, and profound cognitive impairment
  • sensory impairments
  • orthopaedic and motor disabilities, health impairments and traumatic brain injury.

This new edition has also been updated to cover:

  • entitlement to special education
  • global examples of distinctive provision
  • raising standards in your setting
  • basic brain anatomy and physiology
  • ‘thinking points’ and further reading list for reflection.

Educating Special Children will be of interest to all students of special education, professionals and others interested in gaining an understanding in the challenging field of offering provision for special children.

chapter 1|13 pages

Classification and provision

chapter 2|11 pages

Entitlement to special provision

chapter 3|11 pages

Profound cognitive impairment

chapter 4|11 pages

Moderate and severe cognitive impairment

chapter 5|10 pages

Mild cognitive impairment

chapter 6|11 pages

Hearing impairment

chapter 7|11 pages

Visual impairment

chapter 8|11 pages

Deafblindness

chapter 10|12 pages

Health impairments

chapter 11|11 pages

Traumatic brain injury

chapter 12|12 pages

Disruptive behaviour disorders

chapter 13|12 pages

Anxiety disorders and depressive disorders

chapter 14|12 pages

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

chapter 15|12 pages

Communication disorders: speech

chapter 18|12 pages

Autism

chapter 19|11 pages

Developmental co-ordination disorder

chapter 20|12 pages

Reading disorder

chapter 21|11 pages

Disorder of written expression

chapter 22|11 pages

Mathematics disorder

chapter 23|11 pages

Elements of special provision

chapter 25|12 pages

Refining provision to raise standards