The author is a widely published private special education consultant, working with children, families, schools and other organisations and with previous experience as a headteacher, lecturer and inspector.
The chapters include:
- Introducing disorders of learning and co-ordination, and provision
- Impairment in reading/ dyslexia
- Impairment in written expression
- Developmental co-ordination disorder
- Multi-professional working
This concise publication covers a range of learning differences and addresses related issues, implications for the curriculum, pedagogy, classroom organisation and the development of effective provision. It provides a useful overview and links to additional resources and related key texts.
The final chapter addresses multi-professional working, and the roles of, for example, speech-language pathologists, physical therapists and school social workers.
Author: M. Farrell
Publisher: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
ISBN: 978-1-03-201271-1
Price: £28.99
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