This practical guide offers a wealth of advice to support parents and caregivers who have an autistic child within their family. It provides accessible and straightforward information on the topics that matter most, from initial questions around diagnosis, to providing the best home support. Chapters also debunk myths commonly held about autism and signpost appropriate support mechanisms, including ideas to help with sleep, diet, sensory sensitivities, social interactions, communication, and much more. The emphasis throughout is on offering practical strategies to give much-needed, meaningful support to the child's main caregivers and other family members, in an easily digestible format. Written from the author's joint perspective as a qualified teacher with an expertise in autism, and as a grandmother of an autistic grandchild, this book is an essential guide for parents and caregivers, created by someone who understands and appreciates what it is like to walk in their shoes.

Using an interdisciplinary perspective to discuss the intersection of language development and learning processes, this book summarizes current knowledge and represents the most critical issues regarding early childhood research, policy, and practice related to young bilingual children with disabilities. The book begins with a conceptual framework focusing on the intersection between the fields of early childhood education, bilingual education, and special education. It goes on to review and discuss the role of bilingualism in young children's development and the experiences of young bilingual children with disabilities in early care and education settings, including issues of eligibility and access to care, instruction, and assessment. The book explores family experiences, teacher preparation, accountability, and policy, ending with recommendations for future research which will inform both policies and practices for the education of young bilingual children with disabilities. This timely volume provides valuable guidance for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and researchers.

Using an interdisciplinary perspective to discuss the intersection of language development and learning processes, this book summarizes current knowledge and represents the most critical issues regarding early childhood research, policy, and practice related to young bilingual children with disabilities. The book begins with a conceptual framework focusing on the intersection between the fields of early childhood education, bilingual education, and special education. It goes on to review and discuss the role of bilingualism in young children's development and the experiences of young bilingual children with disabilities in early care and education settings, including issues of eligibility and access to care, instruction, and assessment. The book explores family experiences, teacher preparation, accountability, and policy, ending with recommendations for future research which will inform both policies and practices for the education of young bilingual children with disabilities. This timely volume provides valuable guidance for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and researchers.

The book integrates research and practice and provides specific examples of applied interventions and prevention programs Broad system perspective on trauma as related to the individual, family, school and community Wide range of traumas as related to diverse groups (e.g., military, Middle Eastern refugees, Indigenous tribal communities) Includes recommendations for a wide variety of professionals from different disciplines that include not only educators and therapists, but also, professionals from other sectors (e.g., child welfare, juvenile justice, public health).

This text draws on data from a five-year longitudinal study focusing on gifted education programs in high poverty rural areas in the US. It provides a framework for the use of place-based interventions to effectively serve gifted students, reduce opportunity gaps, and address stereotype threat. Recognizing that gifted learners are often underrepresented in rural contexts, the text adopts a social justice lens to outline the unique challenges of fostering advanced education in rural school districts. Using opportunities to learn and best practices in gifted education to inform interventions and practice, the text offers in-depth explanation of how place-based approaches can be used to identify gifted students and ensure that curricula are designed to respect the setting, students, and teachers. The text is structured into three parts, providing the reader with a logical and comprehensive progression through theoretical foundations, the practicalities of implementation, and the process and outcomes of measuring and validating outcomes. Given its unique approach to gifted education programs, this book will prove to be an indispensable and timely resource for scholars working to develop gifted education and educational interventions with and for rural schools.

International Issues in SEND and Inclusion brings together a collection of cutting-edge researches on approaches to special education needs and disability education, across 6 continents and within 12 countries. Written by authors who are experts in their own countries in relation to special educational needs and disability, the book provides a unique knowledge and understanding of different international perspectives in special educational needs, disability and inclusion. The chapters present extended case studies and reflect on current policy, practice and theory within that context, challenging assumptions which can dominate the policy and practice of inclusive education. Each of the six continents has a separate section and introduction within the book to offer a relevant approach and context for analysis. The book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of inclusion, special educational needs and disability, teacher education and comparative education.

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to emotions, temperament, personality, moral, prosocial and antisocial development in childhood and adolescence. It integrates insights from both typical and atypical development to reveal the fundamental aspects of human growth and development, and common developmental disorders. The topic books in this series draw on international research in the field and are informed by biological, social and cultural perspectives, offering explanations of developmental phenomena with a focus on how children and adolescents at different ages actually think, feel and act. In this volume, Stephen von Tetzchner explains key topics including: Emotions and emotion regulation; temperament and personality; moral development; prosocial and antisocial development Together with a companion website that offers topic-based quizzes, lecturer PowerPoint slides and sample essay questions, Typical and Atypical Child and Adolescent Development 6 Emotions, Temperament, Personality, Moral, Prosocial and Antisocial Development is an essential text for all students of developmental psychology, as well as those working in the fields of child development, developmental disabilities and special education. The content of this topic book is taken from Stephen von Tetzchner's core textbook Child and Adolescent Psychology: Typical and Atypical Development. The comprehensive volume offers a complete overview of child and adolescent development - for more information visit www.routledge.com/9781138823396

* Walks teachers through PBL from start to finish. * Shows how learning through PrBL translates to the real world. * Provides teachers with examples and tools to generate authentic learning in their classrooms.

This book is intended to help language teachers to work effectively and successfully with students who have specific learning differences (SpLD) such as dyslexia. The book takes an inclusive and practical approach to language teaching and encourages teachers to consider the effects that an SpLD could have on a language learner. It suggests strategies that can be implemented to enable learners to succeed both in the classroom and in formal assessment. The book places issues of language teaching for learners with an SpLD in a broad educational context and, in addition to practical advice on methodologies and classroom management, also discusses discourses of the field, the identification of SpLDs and facilitating progression.

This book offers the first collection of international academic writing on the topic of teaching assistants. It serves as an indicative summary of current research and thinking in this field and as a point of departure for future research and development. With contributions from leading researchers, the book draws together empirical work on the deployment and impact of teaching assistants from various perspectives and from a range of methodological approaches. It highlights and celebrates the vital everyday contributions teaching assistants make to their schools and their communities: from their role within classrooms, to their moment-by-moment interactions with pupils and teachers. The book examines the effect that teaching assistants can have on pupils' learning and wellbeing, and considers issues of over-dependence on classroom paraprofessionals and the unintended consequences to which this can lead. Bringing together work from a journal special issue with brand-new and updated chapters, the contributions offer insight into the liminal space between educator, caregiver, behaviour manager, and facilitator of learning and of peer relations, which characterizes the teaching assistant role. This timely and important book will be essential reading for academics, researchers, and students interested in special educational needs, disability, and inclusion, and those interested in the wider topic of paraprofessionals in labour markets.

The Handbook of Classroom Management, Third Edition, is an authoritative treatment of the latest science and development in the study of classroom management in schools. Evidence-based classroom management practices and programs are essential to enhancing students' academic, behavioral, social-emotional, and motivational outcomes across grade levels. This comprehensive volume collects scholarship and cutting-edge research for graduate students and faculty of psychology, teacher education, curriculum and instruction, special education, and beyond. The book has been thoroughly revised and expanded with updated coverage of foundational topics such as effective instruction, preventative strategies, positive behavior intervention and supports, family-school relationships, legal issues, and other related topics, while also giving new attention to social justice, students on the autism spectrum, and adaptations across urban, rural, and virtual contexts.

* Increases knowledge in the education workforce for meeting the mental health needs of their pupils, to make positive differences for children and young people as well as for staff and for schools. * Integrates the relational skills of cognition, compassion, containment and connection into practice in the classroom will change the learning environment by increasing pupil's feelings of safety, sense of belonging and belief in their own strength and sense of self-worth. * Is designed to developing better mental health in schools helps children and young people to bounce back from adversity and be prepared for future challenge.

This practical handbook offers advice on strategies for meeting the special educational needs of children with Down's syndrome in mainstream schools. The aim is to increase the confidence of support assistants, teachers, SENCOs and senior managers in both primary and secondary schools in providing a quality education for these pupils, while using scarce resources to best effect.
The author offers an introduction to the particular characteristics of children with Down's syndrome and their impact on learning and behaviour. She considers the benefits of inclusive education and the most effective ways in which the National Curriculum can be made accessible. She also examines working with the whole-school, parents and outside agencies, as well as providing practical resources such as photocopiable proformas and checklists, materials for INSET in schools and support services and a list of reading materials.

- Adopts a unique case study approach to help clinicians and students reflect on clinical decision-making involving the assessment and management of patients presenting with fluency disorders - Draws on the expertise of leading scholars and clinicians - Accompanied by additional resources including weblinks, diagrams, inter-linking theoretical models of intervention, video clips, and data regarding worldwide stereotypes/attitudes towards stuttering

-A concise guide to this key topic in child and adolescent development - provides an accessible introduction and springboard to further learning ideal for students and professionals who want to underpinning knowledge -Focus on typical and atypical development is unique and offers comprehensive comprehensive insight into all aspects of human growth and development. -Companion website offers topic-focused resources including multiple choice quizzes, Powerpoint slides for lecturers and sample essay questions.

Through the lens of Turbulence Theory, this volume offers students and scholars an innovative toolkit for understanding the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on teachers, families, and students. Bringing together cases from early childhood and special education written by parents and educators, author Susan H. Shapiro leverages Turbulence Theory as a framework to help readers evaluate the level of turbulence during each scenario and what methods, if any, might help mitigate or escalate the situation. With more than 20 insightful case-based examples and discussion questions, this book explores what lessons and strategies we can bring into future crises-and how we move forward in an ever-evolving educational landscape.

-A concise guide to this key topic in child and adolescent development - provides an accessible introduction and springboard to further learning ideal for students and professionals who want to underpinning knowledge -Focus on typical and atypical development is unique and offers comprehensive comprehensive insight into all aspects of human growth and development. -Companion website offers topic-focused resources including multiple choice quizzes, Powerpoint slides for lecturers and sample essay questions.

The book integrates research and practice and provides specific examples of applied interventions and prevention programs Broad system perspective on trauma as related to the individual, family, school and community Wide range of traumas as related to diverse groups (e.g., military, Middle Eastern refugees, Indigenous tribal communities) Includes recommendations for a wide variety of professionals from different disciplines that include not only educators and therapists, but also, professionals from other sectors (e.g., child welfare, juvenile justice, public health).

" "I don't agree with all the choices people make," says the author. "You probably won't either. My job is to let them tell their stories." And so she does in these thirteen warm, funny, and sad short stories about people making hard decisions for themselves and for their families: - Like Iona, who accidentally accepts a marriage proposal - And Daryll, just about to graduate from high school, whose mother is eager for him to "make something" of himself. - And Lexie and Jeb, deep in debt and already struggling to feed their six children, who find out a seventh is on the way.

This guide to inclusive practice covers contemporary policy issues, perspectives from practice and specialist guidance from across a wide range of common syndromes. Bringing together the important combination of theory, knowledge and practice, each chapter is written by experts from fields within Special and Additional Educational Needs. This third edition includes new chapters on: - The current context of SEN current context: in research and practice - Speech, language and communication - The role and use of technology in supporting learners with SEND - Pathological/Extreme Demand Avoidance (PDA/EDA) - Working together - Children and Young People's Perspectives Providing a solid foundation for understanding and supporting learners with additional needs, this comprehensive text is ideal whether you are a student, teacher or education practitioner.

In this succinct yet comprehensive text, authors Lawless Frank and Richards guide readers through the essential basics that every educator needs to know about special education, covering everything from law to application. Streamlined and accessible chapters address legal knowledge - Section 504, IDEA, ESSA, and FERPA - assessment and identification, RTI, categories of disability, IEPs, accommodations, co-teaching, and instructional considerations. Designed to give new educators a focused introduction to critical concepts and terminology, this book also features supplemental online resources including an Instructor's Manual, quizzes, and more.

This edited volume examines the thrust toward equity in education for marginalized and out-of-school youth, as well as youth with disabilities, in countries located in the Global South. Using a critical cross-cultural lens to interrogate the historical, empirical, and theoretical discourses associated with achieving UNESCO's equity in education agenda, the book showcases the work of scholars from developed and developing nations in examining inclusive education. Drawing attention to the nature, impact, and effects of marginalization, the book ultimately demonstrates the ability of education systems in the Global South to be innovative and agile despite current resource challenges. This text will benefit scholars, academics, and students in the fields of international and comparative education, education policy, and inclusion and special educational needs education more broadly. Those involved with Caribbean and Latin American studies, the sociology of education, and diaspora studies in general will also benefit from this volume.

Each chapter will include key words, further reading and advice on applying ideas Australian school team leaders will have access to a single handbook which provides examples of feasible ideas to inform implementation to share with educators Several case studies will be used throughout Australian technical assistance teams will have persuasive local evidence to inform their training International researchers & implementers will learn about successful innovations & applications