The Changing Face of Special Educational Needs: Impact and implications for SENCOs, teachers and their schools, Edition 2
About this ebook
- Summarising and clarifying new policy directions as they emerge, in light of the new SEN Code of Practice
- Suggesting clear, practical activities to bring the theory to life, helping practitioners to review and reflect upon their work;
- Encouraging critical reflection about existing systems within the school context, considering whether these will remain appropriate and ‘fit for purpose’;
- Giving opportunities for teachers, SENCOs and senior leaders to contextualise the new changes in terms of the implications for practice in their own school.
Including a new chapter on Using Technologies to Support the Development of Inclusive Practices, this text is packed with activities, case studies and points for reflection. It will help the teacher, SENCO, senior leader or advisor to make sense of the rapid pace of change of policy and terminology related to SEN and supports readers in a positive way, emphasising the exciting opportunities that these changes will provide for developing new, innovative and creative working practices.
This book will also be essential reading for all SENCOs completing the National Award for SEN Coordination.
About the author
Alison Ekins is Course Director for the National Award for SEN Coordination at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK, as well as Head of the Foundation Learning Department and Director of High Needs Provisions within an Academy Trust
