A Quick Guide to Special Needs and Disabilities

Bob Bates was a Senior Executive in the Civil Service for twenty years. During this time, he also worked as a staff trainer and coach and mentor to people with disabilities. He then set up his own Management & Training Consultancy (The Arundel Group), which celebrates its 25th anniversary next year. His work as a management consultant covered a number of local and central government projects as well as working as a trainer with major UK private sector companies. In the late 1990s Bob started a lecturing career, during which time he gained two Masters Degrees in Management and Education and a PhD in Education. He has taught over 1000 teachers and trainers on graduate and post-graduate programmes at two universities. He currently manages and teaches on City & Guild Teaching Award, Certificate and Diploma courses in a Community CollegeThe first edition of Learning Theories Simplified was Bob’s third book. His first book, The Little Book of BIG Management Theories, written with Jim McGrath, was on W.H, Smiths’ non-fiction best sellers list for nearly a year, is being translated into fifteen languages, including Japanese and Arabic, and was chosen by the Chartered Management Institute as the CMI’s Practical Management Book of the Year for 2014. His second book, The Little Book of BIG Coaching Theories, published in February 2015, was also a best seller and has been translated into German and Thai. His fourth book, A Quick Guide to Special Needs and Disabilities, was published by SAGE in 2016 and his fifth book, Leadership Theories Simplified, was published by SAGE in 2017. Bob shares his time these days between writing, working voluntarily for a charity that promotes health and education in the Gambia, researching into offender learning and homelessness and teaching Adult Education Teachers.Bob can be contacted through his web site bobbates.co.uk (here you get an option to pick Research or Bad Bob Bates – please choose the former) or email saddlers9899@aol.com

• PART 1 : Physical ImpairementsAllergiesAsthmaBrittle Bone DiseaseCerebral PalsyChronic Fatigue SyndromeCystic FibrosisDiabetesEpilepsyFoetal Alcohol SyndromeHaemophiliaHearing ImpairmentHeart DiseaseHemiplegiaHydrocephalusJuvenile Rheumatoid ArthritisMicrocephalusMotor Neurone DiseaseMultiple SclerosisMultiple Sensory DeprivationMuscular DystrophyRestricted GrowthSickle-cell AnaemiaSkin DiseaseSpina BifidaVisual ImpairmentWheelchair UsersPART 2: Neurological and Psychological DisordersAsperger’s SyndromeAtaxiaAttention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderAutismDown SyndromeDyscalculiaDyslexiaDyspraxiaSensory Processing DisorderSpeech and Language ImpairmentsTourette’s SyndromeWilliams SyndromeAttachment DisorderBipolar DisorderDepressionEating DisordersEmotional Behavioural DisorderGeneral Anxiety DisorderObsessive Compulsive DisorderPersonality DisorderPhobiasPost-Traumatic Stress DisorderSchizophreniaSelective MutismPART 3: Other Additional NeedsDisengaged and ExcludedEmotional Distress (bullying)English as an Additional LanguageGifted and TalentedLearning DifficultiesMunchausen by Proxy SyndromeNew MigrantsObesityPoor Conduct DisorderSocio-Economic Difficulties (poverty)Travellers and GypsiesVictims of AbuseVictims of Forced MarriagesYoung CarersYoung OffendersPART 4: Approaches for working with children and young people with additional needsA Strategy for ChildrenA Strategy for ParentsA Strategy for TeachersCognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)Fundatia Inima de Copil (Heart of a Child Foundation)Heuristic PlayJolly PhonicsMakatonMentalisation-Based Therapy (MBT)Mentoring and Critical FriendshipMindfulnessNeurodiversityNeuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)Portage Home LearningCERTS (Social Communication Emotional Regulation Transactional Support for Children)Solihull ApproachSENCOs (Special Educational Needs Coordinators)Transactional AnalysisTEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Handicapped Children)Understanding IntelligenceYoga and Tai chi

Bob Bates’ latest book contains a wealth of information as well as practical ideas, with each one of the 60 or so entries being set out in a similar format, making it easy to dip into and to find what is most relevant to the reader at the time.Bob writes in a style that is easy to read and quickly catches the interest. I thought his idea of using mini-case studies, including some about people in the public eye not only added interest, but could help those with similar conditions to feel that there are role models who present a positive picture of what can be achieved and that no-one should be defined solely by the difficulties they strive to overcome.’