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<p>A Quick Guide to Special Needs is an easy go-to guide for busy teachers, SENCOs, practitioners and anyone else who is interested in pragmatic solutions to the challenges of teaching children and young people with additional needs.</p> <p>Detailing over 60 conditions which cause people to have additional needs, Bob Bates helps you broaden your understanding of different physical, neurological, psychological, and developmental needs with accessible bite-sized explanations of the conditions, best practice approaches to working with these learners, and how to apply them to your everyday teaching. <br> <br> Each individual need is explained over a 2-page spread and every entry includes:</p> <ul> <li>Case studies encouraging you to reflect on real-life situations to understand the impact each condition has on people and how they and their parents deal with it. </li> <li>Do it steps offering a simple step-by-step approach that you can follow in order to meet additional needs arising out of these conditions. </li> <li>Important steps for the classroom specifically for teachers to use. </li> <li>Recommended reading, suggesting books, articles and websites where further information on specific conditions are available. </li> </ul> <ul></ul> <p>Whether you’re a newly qualified or experienced teacher, or simply want to further your understanding on the vast variety of individual needs, this guide is the ideal dip-in dip-out reference point for SEND. <br> <br> Also from Bob Bates:<br> Educational Leadership Simplified<br> Learning Theories Simplified</p>