Carol Smillie manages to combine a hectic broadcasting career with bringing up her three young children - Christie, Robbie and Jodie. She knows all about the pleasures and pains of being a working mum.
How can adoptive parents best support their child's time in education? Many adopted children struggle with the demands of school and need understanding and extra support that is not always readily available. Parents know their child best - whether, for example, they are settling into a new primary school or coping with the transition to secondary school. Teachers and other school staff need guidance from adoptive parents about how best to help a child feel safe and understood in the classroom. This book provides the support needed in this task to help a child have the best possible experience at school.
Some children in foster care struggle to get on with school - their ability to cope with its demands affected by the impact of experiences of neglect, trauma and loss. They need understanding and extra support. Foster carers are most likely to know whether a child is settling into a new primary school or if they are coping with the transition to secondary education. School staff need foster carers' guidance about how best to help children feel safe and understood in the classroom. This handbook aims to support foster carers in that task and so help children to have the best possible experience of education, right up to leaving care.
Using a model of difference rather than deficit, this title aims to support trainee teachers with an understanding of neurodiversity.
This book provides an accessible overview of how the SEND system works to help you successfully navigate it and get the best support for your child. Divided into three main parts: SEND systems, policy, and legislation; support for your child in school; and looking forward, it is an essential tool for parents and carers of children with SEND.
Understanding SEND as a classroom teacher is vital. This book will support the knowledge and development of primary trainee teachers, helping them to understand the complexities and responsibilities of working with SEND pupils and frameworks in primary schools.