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50 Fantastic Ideas for Supporting Neurodiversity

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Supporting Neurodiversity offers Early Years practitioners creative, simple, and effective activities designed for children aged 0-5. This guide provides step-by-step activities such as mirrored play, meditation, symbol stories, and treasure baskets to support sensory regulation and communication skills. Adapt teaching styles to be more inclusive of neurodivergent children with practical ideas that can be seamlessly integrated into everyday practice. Forms and templates are available for download from the companion website.
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The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple, and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early Years setting.

This dip-in-and-out guide will help practitioners to adapt their teaching style to become more inclusive of neurodivergent children, and provide meaningful and innovative ideas that can be embedded into everyday practice.

Featuring activities such as mirrored play, meditation, symbol stories, and treasure baskets, these ideas are expertly formulated to support and develop children’s sensory regulation skills and communication skills, whilst enabling practitioners to understand and engage with non-speaking or pre-verbal children.

All forms and templates can be downloaded from the companion website. This book was Highly Commended in the Happy and Healthy category at the Teach Early Years Awards 2023.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781801992183

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 September 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Education

Contributors:

  • Volume editor Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 168.0mm

Height: 242.0mm

Weight: 174g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Kerry Murphy is an Early Years lecturer and consultant, specialising in wellbeing, behaviour and special educational needs. She is an associate for Early Education and has written for national organisations including Nursery World and Teach Early Years. She is the author of A Guide to SEND in the Early Years and Little Minds Matter (Wellbeing & SEND). Visit www.eyfs4me.com, follow Kerry on Twitter @eyfs4m or Instagram @eyfs4me.

Fifi Benham is an Early Years writer and educator with seven years of experience in settings caring for and educating children aged 2-5, including five years as SENDCo. Fifi specialises in accessible provision, inclusion and activism in Early Years and runs earlyyearsactivism.wordpress.com.

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