Identifying and Supporting Children with Specific Learning Difficulties

Many children experience difficulties which impact on their learning at homeand school. Some have a specific learning difficulty for example dyslexia ordyspraxi... » 

Many children experience difficulties which impact on their learning at homeand school. Some have a specific learning difficulty for example dyslexia ordyspraxia but others quite often display learning difficulties associated withmore than one specific condition. If teachers are to be able to support thediverse needs of children they must have a repertoire of appropriatestrategies to ensure a positive learning and teaching experience.This informative book will provide a broad knowledge base from which platformteachers can formulate planning and teaching strategies to facilitate theirwork in an inclusive environment. The authors comprehensively examine ways inwhich to pinpoint the overlap of difficulties within different named special needsconditions and highlight ways in which children can be helped as a group thusreducing the burden of planning and differentiation consider the process of assessment explain the implications of the childrens difficulties list tried and tested strategies to help the children and the teachers cope show how ongoing research into childrens difficulties is advising new waysof confronting their problemsTeachers at nursery and primary level SEN coordinators and student teachersshould all find this a refreshingly accessible and practical book which takesa uniquely holistic angle on inclusive education. «