Product reviews for The Teacher's Guide to SEN

I found the Teacher's Guide to SEN to be a practical guide that provides up to date and relevant information to help develop practice in the classroom. The layout of the book enables myself as SENDCo and other teachers to easily find sections that are applicable and use the -˜Try It' activities or -˜Did you know?' information boxes to support their practice. Additionally, the case studies give real life examples to help teacher's relate to their own experiences. For example the section related to speech, language and communication needs has supported teachers in our school with implementing pre-teaching strategies. Before using the book, this may have been something we would have sought professional advice on because it has been our main area of need for the past few years. Instead I was able to use the book to support others in the school. This has impacted on the progress of children especially in Key Stage 1. The section related to SEMH has proved useful as this has become one of our main area of needs in school this year. In some instances, we have used sections related to this to suggest strategies for both teachers and parents, whose children have SEMH as their area of need. These have been extremely beneficial and have meant that children are able to access more learning within the classroom therefore impacting on their progress and attainment. For very little outlay, I feel the recommendations from the book have been advantageous. Overall, a well thought out, easy to use guide to all things SEN.