nasen spotlight
About the Book Series
The nasen spotlight series provides practical guidance and tried-and-tested resources for all schools and professionals involved in supporting Special Educational Needs. Written by leading experts and covering a wide range of important issues relating to SEN, the books include accessible explanations and examples of best practice, as well as tools and techniques that you can use to improve provision in school. Several new books are published each year to reflect your changing professional needs, and the whole series is brought to you by nasen, the leading organisation representing SEN professionals.
The SENCO Survival Guide: The Nuts and Bolts of Everything You Need to Know
3rd Edition
By Sylvia Edwards
December 30, 2022
The SENCO Survival Guide, Third Edition is an informative, accessible resource containing practical advice to help SENCOs manage their responsibilities and lead their school effectively towards a common goal. The book sets out a whole school approach to inclusion and supports SENCOs in mainstream ...
Providing Relationships and Sex Education for Special Learners: An Essential Guide for Developing RSE Provision
1st Edition
By Paul Bray
August 12, 2021
Effective Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) provision is a right for all learners, yet it often proves challenging for educators and caregivers, particularly those teaching learners with additional needs. This book provides practical guidance for teachers and Special Educational Needs ...
Inclusion: A Principled Guide for School Leaders
1st Edition
By Nicola Crossley, Des Hewitt
June 30, 2021
This valuable and accessible guide navigates school leaders and those in training through a number of key areas of inclusion, providing context and understanding, helpful definitions, examples of leadership in action, and ten essential principles of inclusive leadership. Inclusion: A Principled ...
Leading on Inclusion: The Role of the SENCO
1st Edition
Edited
By Mhairi C. Beaton, Geraldene N. Codina, Julie C. Wharton
April 22, 2021
This comprehensive resource provides a range of perspectives on inclusion, giving Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs) the opportunity to consider the principles and practice that underpin their leadership role. Offering a blend of academic and professional knowledge, each chapter ...
The Governance Handbook for SEND and Inclusion: Schools that Work for All Learners
1st Edition
By Adam Boddison
December 29, 2020
The Governance Handbook for SEND and Inclusion supports governors and trustees in developing effective strategic practice to ensure an inclusive culture in their schools. Building on the six principles of effective governance, it provides useful tips on achieving the right balance of support and ...
The School Handbook for Dual and Multiple Exceptionality: High Learning Potential with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities
1st Edition
By Denise Yates, Adam Boddison
May 06, 2020
The School Handbook for Dual and Multiple Exceptionality (DME) offers a range of practical strategies to support SENCOs, GATCOs, school leaders and governors in developing effective provision for children that have both High Learning Potential and Special Educational Needs or Disabilities. Building...
Creating Multi-sensory Environments: Practical Ideas for Teaching and Learning
2nd Edition
By Christopher Davies
December 05, 2019
The revised edition of this highly practical guide to creating and using multi-sensory environments is packed full of ideas for low-cost, easy-to-assemble multi-sensory environments suitable for children of varying ages and abilities. Each creative learning environment is designed to be constructed...
Dyslexia and Inclusion: Classroom Approaches for Assessment, Teaching and Learning
3rd Edition
By Gavin Reid
November 14, 2019
Now in a fully updated third edition, this book will equip all teachers with the necessary knowledge of dyslexia in order for it to be effectively understood and managed in the mainstream classroom. Offering comprehensive guidance and support strategies, this resource is based around Reid’s ...
Using an Inclusive Approach to Reduce School Exclusion: A Practitioner’s Handbook
1st Edition
By Tristan Middleton, Lynda Kay
September 10, 2019
Clear and accessible, Using an Inclusive Approach to Reduce School Exclusion supports an inclusive approach to teaching and learning to help schools find ways to reduce exclusion and plan alternative approaches to managing the pathways of learners at risk. Offering a summary of the contemporary ...
Supporting SLCN in Children with ASD in the Early Years: A Practical Resource for Professionals
1st Edition
By Jennifer Warwick
July 30, 2019
With growing numbers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) being diagnosed in the early years, it is becoming increasingly important for education and health professionals to understand ASD and to implement supportive strategies as part of the everyday curriculum and routine. This ...
How to Be a Brilliant SENCO: Practical strategies for developing and leading inclusive provision
1st Edition
By Helen Curran
June 24, 2019
Helen Curran’s invaluable book aims to support new and experienced SENCOs with the task of developing and leading special educational needs provision and inclusive practice, through the exploration of practical strategies and approaches. This book takes a pragmatic approach to the issues which ...
Successfully Teaching and Managing Children with ADHD: A Resource for SENCOs and Teachers
2nd Edition
By Fintan O'Regan
May 03, 2019
Written by one of the UK's leading experts in ADHD, O’Regan’s Successfully Teaching and Managing Children with ADHD is an invaluable resource offering practical and effective strategies for managing the difficult and often disruptive symptoms of ADHD in the classroom setting. Alongside the ...