Key Issues for Teaching Assistants Book

Introduction 1. Inclusive Education 2. Listening to Learners: Whose Voice Counts? 3. Supporting Traveller Children 4. Not in my Image – Ethnic Diversity in the Classroom 5. The Influence of Gender on Achievement 6. The Inclusion Assistant. Young People with High Level Support Needs in Mainstream Schools, Colleges and Universities: Developing Good Practice 7. I’m a TA not a PA! Teaching Assistants Working with Teachers 8. Inclusive Relationships: Insights from Teaching Assistants on how Schools can Reach Parents 9. A New Role for Special Schools? 10. Inclusion, Extension and Enrichment: Personalised Gifted and Talented Provision 11. How Schools Create Challenging Behaviours 12. Bullying in Schools – or Bullying Schools? 13. Disabled Children, Inclusion and the Law in England and Wales 14. Social Justice, Human Rights and Inclusive Education