A Handbook for Learning Support Assistants: Teachers and Assistants Working Together Book

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction
1	Special educational needs	1
2	The role of the learning support assistant	6
3	Giving support	12
4	The role of the special needs coordinator in working with the learning support assistant	27
5	The role of the class teacher in working with the learning support assistant	35
6	What special needs will I be supporting?	40
7	Supporting children with emotional and behavioural difficulties	60
8	The special needs of learning support assistants	70
	Some final comments	78
App. A	A job description suggestion for a learning support assistant	80
App. B	The roles of supporting professionals	82
App. C	Glossary of abbreviations	84
	References	86