Creating a responsive environment : for people with profound and multiple learning difficulties / Jean Ware.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ware, Jean, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning disabled children--Education--Great Britain.

Learning disabled children.

Children with mental disabilities--Education--Great Britain.

Children with mental disabilities.

Children with disabilities--Education--Great Britain.

Children with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London : David Fulton Publishers, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This revised and updated second edition aims to enable teachers and care staff working with people with PMLD in any context to create a positive interactive environment for the people with whom they work. Using information from the latest research and from everyday practice, the author discusses the different aspects of a responsive environment and suggests practical strategies that staff can use to create such an atmosphere.

Contents:

Front Cover; Creating a Responsive Environment; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Second Edition; 1.The Importance of a Responsive Environment; 2.Getting Started, Making Sense of Children's Behaviour; 3.Responding to People's Behaviour; 4.Starting a Conversation, Giving the Childa Chance to Reply; 5.Sharing Control; 6.Moving on and Moving Out; 7.Using Technology to Extend the Responsive Environment; 8.Keeping the Responsive Environment Going; References; Index

Notes:

First edition published in Great Britain by David Fulton Publishers 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-62776-6

1-283-71035-8

0-203-06526-3

1-136-62769-3

1-4175-0063-8

9780203065266

OCLC:

817891791