Special Needs in the Early Years

Name: Special Needs in the Early Years
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415504751
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Supporting collaboration, communication and co-ordination

By Sue Roffey and John Parry

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Special Needs in the Early Years offers comprehensive guidance for early years staff on identifying and supporting children with special educational needs. The third edition is fully updated to reflect current policies and covers early identification, effective communication with parents and carers, legal contexts, joint planning for needs, and collaboration challenges. Enriched with case studies, checklists, good practice suggestions, and cartoons, it aims to help implement practical support throughout the child's daily life.
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This book is ideal for trainees in the early years sector, foundation and undergraduate students studying Early Childhood Education and childcare, and experienced practitioners seeking to enhance their understanding and skills in supporting children with special needs.

Now in its third edition, this highly popular and accessible text contains a wealth of information about how early years staff can work effectively with professionals and parents to help identify and meet a range of special educational needs.

Description

This highly popular and accessible text contains a wealth of information about how early years staff can work effectively with professionals and parents to help identify and meet a range of special educational needs. This book aims to explore the most effective ways of supporting the child and implementing that support across the child’s day-to-day life.

Now in its third edition, Special Needs in the Early Years is fully updated to reflect current policy, and topics covered include:

Early identification
Effective communication with parents and carers
An exploration of the legal context
How to implement joint planning for identified needs
A consideration of the issues affecting collaboration

With case studies, checklists, suggestions for good practice, and cartoons to illustrate and enrich the text throughout, this book is structured to be easily accessible and invaluable for those who are in training to work in the early years sector. It will also be of interest to students on foundation and undergraduate courses in Early Childhood Education and childcare, as well as more experienced practitioners.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415504751

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 September 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 3rd edition

Illustration: 7 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 8 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 430g

Pages: 132

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About the Author

Sue Roffey is adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney, Honorary Lecturer at University College, London and international educational consultant. She is also the Founder and Director of Wellbeing Australia. She has previously authored Helping with Behaviour in the Early Years: Promoting the positive and dealing with the difficult, School Behaviour and Families: Frameworks for working together and Young Children and Classroom Behaviour.

John Parry is Lecturer in Education (Early Years and Inclusion) at the Open University. He has many years' experience as a practitioner working in the early years sector, primarily as a teacher and co-ordinator of a Portage service. From 2003 until 2009 he was Chairperson of the National Portage Association in the UK.

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