Social Skills Training for Adolescents with General Moderate Learning Difficulties

Social Skills Training for Adolescents with General Moderate Learning Difficulties
Author: Ursula Cornish
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2004
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781843101796

A resource for educators offers an effective tool to help teenagers with learning difficulties develop skills in social interaction, communication and conflict resolution, and to build their confidence and self-esteem.

The Effective Teacher's Guide to Moderate, Severe and Profound Learning Difficulties (Cognitive Impairments)

The Effective Teacher's Guide to Moderate, Severe and Profound Learning Difficulties (Cognitive Impairments)
Author: Michael Farrell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136520244

This updated second edition of The Effective Teachers Guide to Moderate, Severe and Profound Learning Difficulties (Cognitive Impairments) has been restructured and expanded to ensure it continues to meet the needs of the busy teacher. This new edition is highly relevant and contextualized, drawing on the curriculum and assessment, pedagogy, resources, therapy and care and school and classroom organisation. It is accessible and practical in approach yet offers the necessary underpinning of research and professional knowledge to enable the teacher to be self-critical in developing classroom approaches. The book accessibly and thoroughly discusses the classroom difficulties associated with: Mild cognitive impairment Moderate to severe cognitive impairment Profound cognitive impairment Conditions associated with cognitive impairment. A much needed source of knowledge for teachers, students on initial teacher training courses, school managers, and administrators, this book will be of interest to anyone who supports children and young people with cognitive impairments.

Educating Special Children

Educating Special Children
Author: Michael Farrell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 694
Release: 2013-06-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136323635

Educating Special Children is the definitive guide to evidence-based practice and professionally informed approaches in provision for special children. Now in its second edition, this book outlines ideas of best practice that relate to various disabilities and disorders and helpfully discusses what might constitute effective provision. International in its scope, it explores issues surrounding: communication disorders and autism and Asperger's Syndrome developmental co-ordination disorders reading, writing and mathematics disorders disorders of conduct, anxiety and depression attention deficit hyperactivity disorder mild, moderate to severe, and profound cognitive impairment sensory impairments orthopaedic and motor disabilities, health impairments and traumatic brain injury. This new edition has also been updated to cover: entitlement to special education global examples of distinctive provision raising standards in your setting basic brain anatomy and physiology ‘thinking points’ and further reading list for reflection. Educating Special Children will be of interest to all students of special education, professionals and others interested in gaining an understanding in the challenging field of offering provision for special children.

Educating Special Students

Educating Special Students
Author: Michael Farrell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2016-07-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134833091

Educating Special Students is the definitive guide to evidence based practice and professionally informed approaches to provision for special students. Now in its third edition, the book sets out ideas of best practice relating to different disabilities and disorders, helpfully discussing what might constitute effective provision. This edition has been updated to take account of new ways of classifying disabilities and disorders, and recent developments in research and practice, including the 2014 SEND Code of Practice (England) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition DSM-5TM. A new appendix provides information on basic anatomy and physiology. International in scope, the book explores issues relating to: intellectual disability (profound, moderate to severe, and mild) sensory impairments orthopaedic impairment and motor disorders, health impairments, and traumatic brain injury oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder communication disorders (speech, grammar and comprehension, semantics and pragmatics), and autism spectrum disorder specific learning disorders with impairment in reading, written expression and mathematics, and developmental co-ordination disorder. Educating Special Students will be of interest to all those studying special education, professionals, and others committed to seeking the best provision for special students.

Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum

Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
Author: Chantal Sicile-Kira
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2006-02-28
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1440621640

From the award-winning author of Autism Spectrum Disorders, comes Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum, a complete guide to the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical needs of preteens and teenagers with autistic disorders, ranging from the relatively mild Asperger's Syndrome to more severe ability impairment. Using clear examples, practical advice, and supportive insights, this book covers: Health risks such as seizures and depression Treatments, therapies, and teaching strategies Teaching skills to cope with puberty, self-care, and social skills Teenage emotions, sexuality, appropriate relationships, and dating Middle school, high school, and developing an Individual Educational Program Preparing for life after high school

Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Author: David Dosetor
Publisher: IP Communications
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2011-06-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0980864925

Children and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities are at high risk of co-morbid emotional, behavioural, and psychiatric problems that may further reduce their functional abilities. For the clinicians who support them and their families, meeting the needs of children and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health problems is challenging. In this book, clinicians who work with young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health problems will find a comprehensive framework for how their complex needs might best be addressed. Relevant biological, developmental, family, educational, social, and cultural factors are integrated. The evolution of developmental sequence is seen as vital to understanding the mental health problems of young people with disabilities. This view informs multi-dimensional assessment of behaviour, and addresses conceptual confusion in defining behaviour problems, developmental disorders, mental disorders, and serious mental illnesses. Evidence-based interventions to promote skill development and mental health in young people with disabilities are described. A model for how interdisciplinary and multi-agency collaboration and co-ordination might be facilitated is outlined. Parents’ perspectives are also presented. Fundamentally, though, this is a book by clinicians, for clinicians. All clinicians and other professionals who work to improve mental health outcomes and quality of life more generally for young people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities - paediatricians, child psychiatrists, psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, social workers, behaviour clinicians, counsellors, teachers, agency managers, among others – will find the book invaluable.

The Special Education Handbook

The Special Education Handbook
Author: Michael Farrell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0415490197

This comprehensive A-Z guide covers the whole field of special educational needs, focusing on the current UK legislative, institutional and educational frameworks.

Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Educational Needs

Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Educational Needs
Author: Peter Westwood
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2007-03-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134118902

Provides practical strategies for meeting children's special needs in regular classrooms, including expanded chapters on learning difficulties, behavior management, and the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills.

Music Therapy Social Skills Assessment and Documentation Manual (MTSSA)

Music Therapy Social Skills Assessment and Documentation Manual (MTSSA)
Author: Jenni Rook
Publisher: JKP
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2014
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1849059853

This comprehensive handbook provides adaptable assessment and documentation processes for social skill development in music therapy group sessions for children with developmental disabilities. It also includes a CD-ROM of forms and tools, as well as songs that help to facilitate social interaction.