Educating Children and Young People With Acquired Brain Injury

Informationen zum Autor Sue Walker is an Educational Psychologist specialising in the needs of children with acquired brain injury. Beth Wicks is an Education Consultant specialising in the needs of students with acquired brain injury. Klappentext This edition has been updated to reflect changes to legislation and practice relating to special educational needs and will ensure that you are able to maximisze the learning opportunites for young people wih acquired brain injury. Zusammenfassung This edition has been updated to reflect changes to legislation and practice relating to special educational needs and will ensure that you are able to maximisze the learning opportunites for young people wih acquired brain injury. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Understanding the developing brain 2. What happens in brain injury? 3. Why does ABI provoke different special educational needs? 4. Most common areas of difficulty provoked by ABI 5. Planning school and college integration or reintegration 6. Assessment of children and young people with ABI 7. Understanding and supporting behaviour changes 8. Social supports 9. Planning educational provision 10. Classroom strategies 11. Transitions 12. Working with families 13. Mild traumatic brain injury (and sports concussion) Useful organisations and resources

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• Authors: Sue Walker, Sue (Beth Wicks Consultancy Walker, Sue (Educational Psychologist Walker, Sue Wicks Walker, Beth Wicks, Beth (Beth Wicks Consultancy Wicks, Beth (Educational Psychologist Wicks, Wicks Beth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781138211018
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21101-8
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; EDUCATION / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, Child & developmental psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Teaching of students with learning difficulties, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Teaching of physically disabled students