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.
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 ...
Brain Development and School: Practical Classroom Strategies to Help Pupils Develop Executive Function
1st Edition
By Pat Guy
August 22, 2018
Brain Development and School offers a range of practical classroom strategies to help pupils develop their executive function. Packed with useful tips that are grounded in theory, it examines how to support aspects of children’s executive functioning that can affect their school life; including ...
Essential Tips for the Inclusive Secondary Classroom: A Road Map to Quality-first Teaching
1st Edition
By Pippa Whittaker, Rachael Hayes
April 09, 2018
This go-to resource provides practitioners with quick, easy and cost-effective ways of improving inclusive practices in educational settings. Addressing the needs of children with various disabilities, from ADHD, dyslexia and low literacy skills, to physical disabilities, mental health and social...
Time to Talk: Implementing Outstanding Practice in Speech, Language and Communication
2nd Edition
By Jean Gross
December 07, 2017
Time to Talk provides a powerful and accessible resource for practitioners working to improve children’s language and communication skills. Showcasing effective approaches in schools and settings across the country from the early years through primary and secondary education, it summarises research...
The Post-16 SENCO Handbook: An Essential Guide to Policy and Practice
1st Edition
By Elizabeth Ramshaw
February 16, 2017
This accessible, practical handbook provides essential guidance to SENCOs in sixth forms and colleges of further education on how to manage the support of students with additional needs, and how to work with their colleagues, students' families and external professionals to co-ordinate effective ...
The Art of Positive Communication
1st Edition
By Rob Long
January 27, 2017
Good communication between teachers and pupils, and between pupils themselves, helps to build a good learning environment where all pupils can achieve. This book covers key communication issues including: forming sound relationships understanding non-verbal behavior accentuating the positive and ...
Supporting Children with Cerebral Palsy
2nd Edition
By Hull City Council
August 12, 2016
Completely revised and fully updated in light of the 2014 SEND Code of Practice, this edition familiarises readers with the specific learning needs of cerebral palsy. Offering practical tips and tried-and-tested strategies from professional practitioners, this accessible guide provides advice on ...
Supporting Children with Dyslexia
2nd Edition
By Hull City Council, Hilary Bohl
April 01, 2016
Completely revised and updated in light of the new 2014 SEND Code of Practice, this second edition of Supporting Children with Dyslexia provides valuable advice and resources for teachers, TAs and SENCOs supporting pupils on the dyslexic spectrum. This practical resource will help those who are ...
Supporting Children with Sensory Impairment
1st Edition
By Hull City Council
February 25, 2016
This book provides a quick and easy reference guide to different types of sensory impairment, including causes, symptoms and the implications on teaching and learning. With most children and young people with hearing or visual impairments attending mainstream schools, this book explains the most ...
Dyslexia and Early Childhood: An essential guide to theory and practice
1st Edition
By Barbara Pavey
February 24, 2016
Taking a developmental approach, this accessible text addresses the ever increasing interest in identifying the characteristics of dyslexia in young children and reflects on the best way to reach and support these learners. Drawing upon current research, the author considers our current ...
Achieving Outstanding Classroom Support in Your Secondary School: Tried and tested strategies for teachers and SENCOs
1st Edition
By Jill Morgan, Cheryl Jones, Sioned Booth-Coates
December 01, 2015
Achieving Outstanding Classroom Support in Your Secondary School shows how secondary school teachers and other school staff can work with Teaching Assistants to ensure that classroom support is maximised and an optimum working relationship is developed. Based on research taken directly ...