Children With Down''s Syndrome - A Guide for Teachers Support Assistants in Mainstream Primary

Informationen zum Autor Stephanie Lorenz Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This handbook offers advice on strategies for meeting the special educational needs of children with Down's syndrome in mainstream schools. It looks at particular characteristics of children with Down's syndrome and their impact on learning and behaviour. Inhaltsverzeichnis What is Down's syndrome?; inclusive education; foundation skills; models of support; differentiating the curriculum; working with the whole-school; working with parents; working with outside agencies; sources of help and further reading.

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie Lorenz, Lorenz Stephanie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1998
• EAN: 9781853465062
• ISBN: 978-1-85346-506-2
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: Resource Materials for Children; Resource Materials for Teacher; Resource Materials for Children
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Weiterführende Schulen, Sonderpädagogik: Lernschwierigkeiten, EDUCATION / Special Education / Learning Disabilities, Secondary Schools, Teaching of students with learning difficulties, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary