Special Educational Needs and Disability: The Basics provides an
engaging and comprehensive overview of special educational, and
additional support, needs in education contexts in the UK. The third
edition of this bestselling publication covers the historical
development of special provision and national policy-making, and
summarises current and proposed legislation and statutory guidance
across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, examining the
fundamental principles of the field from policy to practice.
Additional focus is given to recent legislation in England extending the
age range of young people identified as experiencing difficulties from
birth to 25 years, and the implications this has for practice. Fully
updated to incorporate recent research evidence, this indispensable book
covers essential features of policy and practice that teachers need to
consider in and outside of the classroom, including:
- the identification and assessment of young people's special or
additional learning and behaviour needs, and/or disabilities
- approaches to planning in order to meet special or additional learning
needs of children and young people
- ways to address barriers to learning and behaviour associated with a
variety of difficulties
- statutory guidance outlined in the Codes of Practice in England (DfE,
2015), Scotland (2010), Wales (2004) and Northern Ireland (1998)
- special educational, or additional support, needs provision and the
wider children's workforce
- implications of disability legislation across the UK
This is an ideal starting point for all those with questions about what
constitutes special educational, or additional support, needs and
disability and how to support those children and young people who
experience such needs. It is essential reading for trainee and
practising teachers, policy-makers and all those working with young
people and their families.
