1st Edition

Special Needs in Early Years Settings A Guide for Practitioners

By Collette Drifte Copyright 2001
    96 Pages
    by David Fulton Publishers

    98 Pages
    by David Fulton Publishers

    This book provides reader-friendly, easy-to-access information about the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice and what it means for the Early Years practitioner. It prunes away the jargon and 'legal-speak' of the DfEE documents, allowing the busy teacher to easily focus on the aspects they want to explore. It also contains practical suggestions and advice regarding the day-to-day classroom management of a special needs child and details on how to actually implement the requirements of the Code of Practice.

    Teachers working in the Early Years and all those working in private nurseries and non-maintained Early Years settings should find this book enormously helpful.

    Understanding the Special Needs Code of Practice; Identifying & managing Special Needs; Writing individualised programmes of work for children with Special Educational Needs; Planning and holding Special Needs Reviews; Working with the parents of Special Needs children; The Role of the SENCO; Drawing up a Special Needs policy for school; Integrating Special Needs children into a mainstream setting.

    Biography

    Collette Drifte has been a Deputy Headteacher and has 22 years' experience in mainstream and special education. She is a freelance author, lecturer and INSET provider.