Gamesters' Handbook

Gamesters' Handbook
Author: Donna Brandes
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1979-06-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780748703418

The games in this book offer a valuable source of activities, exercises and strategies for parents, group leaders, people planning parties, travellers or anyone wishing to enliven any occasion they choose. These games are accessible to all, as they can be used with different levels of skill. The ability of many of our games to help people relax socially on both a one-to-one basis and with a group, encourages the use of games by teachers and group leaders. Accompanying notes are provided, outlining the value of the game in different developmental directions.

The Gamesters' Handbook

The Gamesters' Handbook
Author: Donna Brandes
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1998
Genre: Educational games
ISBN: 9780748735044

The Gamester's Handbook 3 features up-to-date activities and new games for skills and issues that are important today. It includes information on specific aims and principles behind the games to tailor them to individual group requirements.

Working with Adults with a Learning Disability

Working with Adults with a Learning Disability
Author: Alex Kelly
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2018-10-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1351698117

A comprehensive and practical resource for all speech and language therapists and students, this book covers all aspects of working with this client group. Written by the author of the hugely successful "Talkabout", each section gives the reader a theoretical background of the subject under discussion, practical suggestions and formats for assessment, a guide to intervention as well as a clear and worked-out example. In addition, the author addresses staff training, group therapy, accessing the criminal justice system and working with a multi-disciplinary team.

Teaching Communication

Teaching Communication
Author: Graeme Burton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134970455

We learn most of our communication skills without consciously working at them. Teaching Communication sets out what those skills are and how to develop them.

Stuttering Therapies

Stuttering Therapies
Author: Celia Levy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2018-10-26
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0429784767

Originally published in 1987, this book presented new ideas on the treatment of stuttering, by leading authorities within Britain at the time. There are chapters on children and adolescents, as well as on adults. In each chapter the author describes the therapeutic approach, how it fits into general views on the nature of stuttering, the clients for which it is appropriate, and possible methods of evaluation. The book is aimed at speech therapists and psychologists and provided an important up-date of the subject for practitioners.

A Guide to Student-centred Learning

A Guide to Student-centred Learning
Author: Donna Brandes
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1996
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780748719945

Offering the possibility of a new relationship between teachers and learners, this book describes an approach to teaching styles and student progress, whereby the emphasis is on activity-based learning, rather than on teaching, and on teacher-student collaboration, rather than instruction. The book aims to show how students of any age and ability can take responsibility for their own learning in an environment of positive regard, as teachers become facilitators rather than instructors.

Group Activities for Personal Development

Group Activities for Personal Development
Author: Sheena Duboust
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2018-10-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1351688332

Aimed at professionals working with groups that are developing social skills and exploring relationships, this photocopiable handbook is a vital collection of workshops covering specific themes. Each theme is clearly divided into warm-ups, main exercises and closures. Intended to help professionals save on preparation time, the organisation and format of this book reflects its highly practical content.

Dramatherapy

Dramatherapy
Author: Penny McFarlane
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136788905

Providing a new and proven way forward for practitioners who want to help children, but who do not have recourse to a qualified therapist, this book covers: tried and tested practical activities to use with children simple explanations of how and why dramatherapy works informative case studies that show activities being used in practice a useful list of further reading, centres for training and qualifications.

How to be a Brilliant English Teacher

How to be a Brilliant English Teacher
Author: Trevor Wright
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2012-06-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136302239

Now in its second edition, Trevor Wright’s hugely popular How to be a Brilliant English Teacher is packed with practical advice drawn from his extensive and successful experience as an English teacher, examiner and teacher trainer. This accessible and readable guide offers sound theoretical principles with exciting practical suggestions for the classroom. Fully updated to include a new expanded section on differentiation and inclusion, as well as covering new material on behaviour management and teaching poetry for enjoyment and personal response, this book tackles other tricky areas such as: Starting with Shakespeare Effective planning and assessment Learning to love objectives Working small texts and big texts Drama. Trainee teachers will find support and inspiration in this book and practising English teachers can use it as an empowering self-help guide for improving their skills. Trevor Wright addresses many of the anxieties that English teachers face, offering focused and realistic solutions.

The Teacher's Toolkit

The Teacher's Toolkit
Author: Paul Ginnis
Publisher: Crown House Publishing
Total Pages: 649
Release: 2001-07-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1845903730

The Teacher's Toolkit provides an overview of recent thinking innovations in teaching and presents over fifty learning techniques for all subjects and age groups, with dozens of practical ideas for managing group work, tackling behavioural issues and promoting personal responsibility. It also presents tools for checking your teaching skills - from lesson planning to performance management.