The SENCo handbook : working within a whole-school approach / Elizabeth Cowne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cowne, Elizabeth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special education--Great Britain--Administration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Special education.

Education--Great Britain.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139 p.)

Edition:

5th ed.

Place of Publication:

London : New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

*Shortlisted for nasen Awards 2009: Book to Promote Professional Development*SENCOs have a key role to play in developing and implementing an inclusive framework for meeting Special Educational NeedsThe fifth edition of this best-selling SENCO Handbook provides up-to-date information and advice in relation to three key government publications; Removing Barriers to Achievement: The Government's Strategy for SEN (2004), Every Child Matters: Change for Children in Schools (2004) and the Disability Discrimination Act (2005), particularly the disability eq

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; How to use this Handbook; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1 Decisions and Dilemmas in Special Educational Needs; CHAPTER 2 Roles and Responsibilities within Whole-school SEN Coordination; CHAPTER 3 Identification, Assessment and Planning for Progress; CHAPTER 4 The Curriculum; CHAPTER 5 The Curriculum; CHAPTER 6 Managing Effective Support; CHAPTER 7 Multi-professional Networks; CHAPTER 8 Working in Partnership at Transition Periods; CHAPTER 9 Managing Paperwork and Procedures; CHAPTER 10 Working with People

CHAPTER 11 Working Together towards Inclusive PracticeActivity Pack; Activity 1: Critical Incident Analysis; Activity 2: Audit of Whole-school Policy; Activity 3: Lesson Planning for Differentiation; Activity 4: Provision Mapping Exercise; Activity 5: Support Policy Review; Activity 6: Monitoring and Evaluation; Source Lists; Source List 1a: AssessmentMaterials; Source List 1b: Further Reading; Source List 2: Voluntary Organisations; Appendices; Appendix 1a: Categories of disability used by LEAs (1959); Appendix 1b: Categories of need used in Code of Practice (2001)

Appendix 1c: Definition of disabilityAppendix 2a: Schedule 1:Regulation 3 (1); Appendix 2b: Governors' responsibilities; Appendix 3: The relationship between bilingual learners'language stages and Code of Practice stages; Appendix 4: Instrumental Enrichment: cognitive functions as expressed by students; Appendix 6: Advice on how teaching assistants can support the needs of different types of SEN; Appendix 9: Statement of Special Educational Needs: Appendices; Appendix 10a: Differentways of observing children; Appendix 10b: Example of questionnaire for primary pupils

Appendix 10c: Definitionof a parent ( from glossary of Code and the Children Act 1989)References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613687449

9781280777059

1280777052

9781136606120

1136606122

9780203395448

0203395441

OCLC:

804662346