The SENCo handbook : leading and managing a whole school approach / Elizabeth Cowne, Carol Frankl, Liz Gerschel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cowne, Elizabeth A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Special education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

Seventh edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

This seventh edition of the The SENCo Handbook has been updated to reflect the impact that the implementation of the SEND Code of Practice (DfE/DoH 2015) has had on policy and practice in schools and for SENCos. It provides vital information on statutory requirements, practical approaches to the SENCo role and analysis of relevant issues.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

About the authors

Acknowledgements

How to use this handbook

The SENCo Handbook: Leading and Managing a Whole School Approach

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Special educational needs: legislative and historical perspectives

Early history

The 1944 Education Act

The 1981 Education Act

The Education Reform Act 1988

The 1993 Act and Code of Practice (1994): the 1996 ActThe

Second SEN Code of Practice (2001a)

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (SENDA)

Equality Act 2010

Other significant developments during almost 40 years

Every Child Matters: Change for Children (DfES 2004a)

Removing Barriers to Achievement DfES (2004b)

Reviews of SEN systems

Children and Family Act (2014) and The Third SEND Code Of Practice (2015)

The Rochford Review of Assessment For Pupils Working Below National Curriculum Test Standards (2016)

Reflection: where are we now?

Developing the SENCo role

Chapter 2: Roles and responsibilities within whole-school SEN co-ordination

The duties of governing bodies and trust boards

Equality duties

The role of the SENCo

The SENCo as a member of the Senior Leadership Team

Time and resources

The SEN budget

Data analysis

Leading, managing and training staff

Developing and maintaining a whole-school approach

Inclusive school systems

Chapter 3: Identification, assessment and planning for progress

Identification of those with special educational needs (SEN)

Identification

Model for inclusive practice

The graduated response to SEN support

Assess

Chapter 4: Supporting teaching and learning

What is the curriculum?

Learning to learn

Some alternative ways of thinking about pedagogy.

The influence of behavioural science on SEN curriculum and pedagogy

Cognitive development

Lessons to be learnt from cognitive interventions and approaches

Affective perspectives

The creative curriculum

The SENCo's role in supporting teaching and learning

Concluding thoughts

Chapter 5: Managing effective support

Introduction and changing context

Research into the deployment and impact of support staff

Where does support take place?

The class or subject teacher's responsibility for effective support

The SENCo's role in managing support

Improving whole-school practice

Chapter 6: Working with parents, children and young people

The early years

School-aged children

Involving parents in planning and reviewing progress

Young people's views

Challenges for the SENCo in developing school policy and practice

Chapter 7: Working with professionals and organisations beyond the school

Education services

Child health services

Social services

Voluntary organisations

The SENCo's role in working within the multi-professional network

Services working collaboratively with teachers and SENCos

Chapter 8: Working in partnership at transition periods

Early years and entry to school

Transition from nursery to school

Transition from class to class

Transfer from primary to secondary school

Transition plans at 13+

Transition to post-16 education and training

Preparation for employment and independent living

Reviewing policy

Chapter 9: The SENCo's role in leading and managing SEND administration

Working with governors

The management of SEN records

Referral for an EHC assessment

The EHC plan

Annual reviews for those with EHC plans

Dealing with complaints

The SEND Tribunal

The school's role in tribunal cases.

Preparation by the SENCo for an Ofsted inspection

Funding for personal budgets

Summary

Chapter 10: The SENCo's role in leading and managing change

Rationale and principles for change

Emotional response to change

Models of change management

Bolman and Deal model (1997)

Chapter 11: The SENCo's role in developing inclusive practice

The language of SEND and disability

What is inclusive education?

Parents' choice

SENCo's role in training and developing others

Support and training for SENCos

SENCos developing inclusive practice

Building constructs

Using this book to help manage your role as SENCo

Activity Pack

Activity 1 - Audit of whole-school policy

Activity 2 - Lesson planning for differentiation

Activity 3 - Support policy review

Activity 4 - Organisational checklist for effective management of support

Activity 5 - Planning for change: impact analysis

Appendices: The appendices are numbered as they relate to the chapters.

1a. Categories of disability used by LEAs (1959)

1b. Categories of need in Code of Practice (2001/2015)

1c. Definition of disability

2a. Schedule 1: SEN (Information) Regulations

2b. Governors' and proprietors' responsibilities

2c. SENCo responsibilities

2d. Strategic overview of SEN outcomes

3. The Antecedent, Behaviour, Consequences/Debrief (ABCD) tool

4. Identifying anxiety triggers: the anxiety curve

6a. Different ways of observing children

6b. Definition of a parent (from glossary of terms in SEND Code (DfE/DoH 2015: 283) and the Children Act 1989)

9a. Primary and Secondary data sheets

9b. EHC plan: advice and information for EHC assessments

9c. Challenging questions for SENCos preparing for Ofsted inspection

10. Action plan: improving the effectiveness of teaching assistants

Source list: Recommended reading.

Assessment

Planning the curriculum

Social, emotional and mental health difficulties and behaviour management

Disability information

Research

Teaching assistants

Training materials

General

Journals

Useful websites for resources

Source list: Voluntary organisations

References

Web references

Index.

Notes:

"Sixth edition published by Routledge 2015"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-87739-0

0-429-46502-5

0-429-87738-2

9780429465024

OCLC:

1124386781