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Author Aird, Richard, author

Title The education and care of children with severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties : musical activities to develop basic skills / Richard Aird
Published London : David Fulton Publishers, 2013

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Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 A recent history of rights, needs and deceptions; A question of entitlement; Inclusion, value for money and accountability; The leadership and organisation of SLD schools; Chapter 2 Strategies for securing clarity of purpose; Clarity of pupils' personal learning styles; Exercise 1: To agree characteristics that are typical of particular disability types; Exercise 2: To analyse a pupil's individual characteristics; Establishing each pupil's personal learning style
Chapter 3 Clarity of purpose for the whole schoolThe influence of the enterprise culture; Exercise 3: To agree the further classification of SEN criteria; Exercise 4: To use the matrix of SEN criteria to agree school aims; Exercise 5: Using the matrix to audit policy and practice; Organisation of a school's development plan; Chapter 4 Keeping pupils at the core of the curriculum; A good starting point; A curriculum for holistic development; Chapter 5 Specialist curricula at the core of the curriculum; Demise and fragmentation of the traditional specialist SLD curriculum
The specialist curriculumDesigning a specialist curriculum; Concluding comments; Chapter 6 Conventional subjects in the core and peripheral curriculum; English and Communication, Mathematics and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the core curriculum; Setting targets within the core curriculum; Teaching the subjects of the peripheral curriculum; The assessment of pupil progress within the peripheral curriculum; A process for managing delivery of the whole curriculum; Chapter 7 Management of the learning environment; The pressures of working with pupils with SLD/PMLD
Staff who work with teachers in SLD schoolsA question of leadership; Roles, responsibilities and the management of staff performance; Suggested criteria for appraising the performance of teachers and TAs; Concluding comments; References; Index
Summary This is a practical guide to managing the whole curriculum for children with severe learning difficulties (SLD). Crucial guidance and effective strategies are provided on how to reconcile the rights, needs and aspirations of such children in light of recent national trends and QCA guidelines
Notes Previously issued in print: 2001
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Learning disabled children -- Education -- Great Britain
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Learning disabled children -- Education
Great Britain
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