"Drawing on his considerable experience as a teacher, educational psychologist, lecturer and author, Gavin Reid illustrates how to assess pupils' different learning styles and how to vary your teaching style to appeal to all types of learners, including disaffected students and …
[Gavin Reid] provides some useful links to websites devoted to different approaches. Some of the ideas relating to specific areas of the curriculum, for example, the suggested approaches to the teaching of modern languages, are likely to be particularly valuable. Reid also outli…
This new edition of a best-selling book provides an up-to-date overview of continuing professional development (CPD), combined with a guide to best practice.
This new edition of a best-selling book provides an up-to-date overview of continuing professional development (CPD), combined with a guide to best practice.
Social skills and autistic spectrum disorders
by ebrary, Inc, Plimley, Lynn, Bowen, Maggie
Examining the concerns around inappropriate social behaviour that those living and working with children and adults face on a day-to-day basis, this book discusses preventative measures and intervention strategies, and also uses real-life case studies to illustrate these.
Individuals with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs) have difficulty in communicating and socializing. They perceive the world in a very different way to most people, and often find the behaviour of those around them confusing and unfair. This book examines the concerns around in…
Jenny Langley combines a practical guide on how to cope with male eating disorders with an engaging case study. Her son developed anorexia at the age of 12 and she turned her attention to finding out how best to combat this terrifying illness.
When a young person with autistic spectrum disorder enters secondary school, there are lots of new factors to consider. This text looks at making good transitions from primary school, how to provide helpful INSET for colleagues, using a special interest as a tool for learning, s…