500 Tips for Working with Children with Special Needs Book

	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	Strategies for enhancing learning by children with special needs	3
1	Strategies for effective communication and problem-solving using good listening skills	4
2	Suggestions for teachers of mathematics on how to support pupils with special educational needs	6
3	Strategies to support pupils who are school or classroom refusers	9
4	Helping pupils who have English as a second language	12
5	Facilitating the completion of examination coursework	14
6	Supporting pupils with a hearing impairment	16
7	The use of writing frames to assist pupils in non-fiction writing	18
8	Supporting refugee pupils in the classroom	20
9	Identifying pupils who are working at a significantly lower level than their peers	22
10	Identifying pupils with low self-esteem	24
11	Strategies to improve low self-esteem in pupils	26
12	Establishing successful school contact with parents and carers	28
13	Responding to physical impairment	31
14	Devising or modifying homework	33
15	Identifying strengths and weaknesses for multi-sensory teaching strategies	35
16	Multi-sensory teaching strategies for specific learning difficulties	38
17	Looking after your needs as a teacher of pupils with special educational needs	41
Ch. 2	Improving unacceptable behaviour	43
18	Devising and evaluating a diagnostic behaviour questionnaire	44
19	Strategies to cope with rude and negative behaviour	46
20	Dealing with pupils whose emotional and behavioural difficulties lead to disaffection and isolation in the classroom	48
21	Assisting the reintegration of excluded pupils	50
22	Supporting pupils who are being bullied	52
23	Helping bullies to change their behaviour	54
24	Improving the ethos of a problem class	56
25	Dealing with disruption in the classroom	58
Ch. 3	Specific special needs issues	60
26	Identifying and meeting the needs of able/gifted pupils	61
27	Identifying pupils with Attention Deficit Disorder	64
28	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)	66
29	Autistic Spectrum Disorders	68
30	Asperger's Syndrome	70
31	Dyslexia	72
32	Supporting pupils with language impairment	75
	Language impairment - checklist of concern	77
33	Dyspraxia	78
34	Tips for improving reading	81
35	Tips for improving spelling	83
36	Paired reading	85
37	Being an effective learning support teacher in a mainstream classroom	87
38	Identifying pupils who may be experiencing physical, emotional or sexual abuse	90
Ch. 4	Tips for non-specialists on helping children with special needs	93
39	Identifying a special need: what should you be doing?	94
40	Identifying a special need: should you have known?	96
41	Working effectively in the classroom with a peripatetic learning support teacher	98
42	Identifying special needs: an alphabetical compendium	101
	Information Section	123
	References	125
	Glossary	126
	Index	130