Discount offer from Routledge on books by Professor Barry Carpenter
Tag: Learning Disabilities
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The Engagement for Learning Framework:connecting with learning and evidencing progress for children with autism spectrum conditions
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Housing for people with Learning Disabilities; thoughts and opportunities.
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Content is also accessbile via the link below:
http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2016/jan/19/learning-disability-care-institutions-atu
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Children with Complex Needs
When a child has Complex Learning Needs , there is no ‘quick fix’. The teacher will need to investigate, explore, search , to find out more about the styles of learning that will be effective in truly engaging the child. This is a process of Inquiry , that goes hand in hand with evidence based practice.
This was an inherent component of the national Complex Learning Difficulties and Disabilities Research Project in the UK, – (http://complexld.ssatrust.org.uk)This new article by Dr Phyllis Jones and colleagues exemplifies how the process of Engagement , as the basis for effective pedagogy, links collaboratively with the Teacher process of Inquiry .
Article just published: Jones, P.; Churilla, I.; Demes, A.; Sadlo, R.; Sweeney, M.; & Pastore, H. (2015). Finding Ferdy: A Collaborative Inquiry About a Student with Complex Disabilities, The Canadian Journal for Teacher Research, 3,
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Don’t forget the Dads!
Following on from my earlier challenge to schools and service about their male engagement strategies, this magazine from CAF is full of useful ideas, insights and stories.
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/media/901809/connected_autumn_2015.pdf
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The Changing Landscape of Special Educational Needs
This two part article, recently published in the new SEND magazine, gives an overview of the phenomena that many school are experiencing , namely that the children they identify with SEND today, are increasingly different to those they identified yesterday.
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