Identifying Special Needs: Checklists for Profiling Individual Differences

by Glynis Hannell

Drawing from her experience as an educational psychologist, and special education teacher, Glynis Hannell offers guidelines to help teachers quickly recognize and categorize the specific characteristics of developmental disorders, autism spectrum disorders, emotional-behavioural disorders, specific learning disorders, sensory impairments and other forms of special need.

The practical checklists and resources in this fully revised new edition help both classroom and specialist teachers to

　

Screen any student for possible special needs

Understand the causes and characteristics of various types of special needs

Request and prepare for an intervention or IEP team meeting

Link classroom observations to diagnostic criteria used by specialists

Create accurate and comprehensive profiles for individual students

Record each student's unique pattern of development within a special needs 'label'

Quickly record important information and avoid writing time-consuming reports

Coordinate information from several teachers or professionals

Monitor progress and track significant changes over time

Involve parents in observing and discussing their child's pattern of strengths and challenges

Plan effective, inclusive intervention in the classroom setting

Follow up with recommended further reading, websites and professional references

　

Recognising special needs and identifying each student's unique profile of positive attributes and difficulties enables teachers and other educational professionals to ensure that all　their students receive the support they need to succeed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415820235
• ISBN13: 9780415820233
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 11.5"