Special Educational and Additional Learning Needs

Janice Wearmouth has many years′ experience of teaching in mainstream schools, first on voluntary service in Cameroon, and, later, in Bermuda, London, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, until she changed career to teach and research in universities. She began her career by teaching English Language and Literature, Latin and Classical Studies before moving into the area of Special Educational Needs and Disability and working as a special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO) and Head of Education Support.Prior to joining the University of Bedfordshire, she was Director of the Centre for Curriculum and Teaching Studies at the Open University, and then Professor of Education at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Currently, Janice is Professor of Education at the University of Bedfordshire, teaching on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Education, and supervising research students to doctoral level. She is course leader of the National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination (NASENCO) in the Masters Programme and a distance-learning postgraduate certificate in education.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Special And/Or Additional Learning And Support Needs And DisabilitiesChapter 2: Understandings Of Human Learning. Influence Of DiscoursesChapter 3: A Historical Background Of The Special Sector In EducationChapter 4: Legal Accountabilities In Educational InstitutionsChapter 5: Difficulties In Communication And InteractionChapter 6: Difficulties In Cognition And LearningChapter 7: Social, Emotional And Mental Health Difficulties And Associated Behavioural IssuesChapter 8: Sensory And/Or Physical DifficultiesChapter 9: Assessment And PlanningChapter 10: Difficulties In Literacy AcquisitionChapter 11: Numeracy DifficultiesChapter 12: Inclusive Practices In Schools And ClassroomsChapter 13: Working In Partnership With Families And Outside Agencies