'This resource will be very valuable for professionals planning in-service training to assist settings to develop as Autistic Spectrum Disorder-friendly environments...the training would also help all settings become truly inclusive and friendly for all children and young people' - Special Children Includes CD-Rom A growing number of pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are educated in mainstream settings. To support them effectively and maximise their learning potential, it is essential that all school staff fully understand their needs. This complete training package can be delivered during staff meetings and on INSET days, to ensure autism-friendly practice throughout the school. This toolkit demonstrates the value of using self-evaluation tools to improve services and includes: - a CD Rom with PowerPoint slides - guidance on how best to deliver INSET - activities and case studies to facilitate discussion - discussions of issues for consideration in relation to School Access Plans and the Disability Equality Duty - advice on useful resources, literature and web sites. Teachers, SENCOs and management staff in primary and secondary schools will find this an essential training resource.

To support students with autistic spectrum disorders effectively and maximize their learning potential, all school staff must fully understand their needs. This complete training package provides tools to improve educational services and includes guidance on delivering professional development to ensure inclusive practices schoolwide, activities and case studies, and a CD-ROM with PowerPoint slides.

This resource will be very valuable for professionals planning in-service training to assist settings to develop as Autistic Spectrum Disorder-friendly environments the training would also help all settings become truly inclusive and friendly for all children and young people' - Special Children. A growing number of pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are educated in mainstream settings. To support them effectively and maximise their learning potential, it is essential that all school staff fully understand their needs. This complete training package can be delivered during staff me.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex condition for which limited research exists. The recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in numerous service members returning home after sustaining TBI, and healthcare providers scrambling to find resources on how to treat them. This toolkit is a comprehensive source of inventories and therapy options for treating service members with mild TBI. All aspects of mild TBI are covered, including vestibular disorders, vision impairment, balance issues, posttraumatic headache, temporomandibular dysfunction, cognition, and fitness, among other issues. With easy-to-follow treatment options and evaluation instruments, this toolkit is a one-stop resource for clinicians and therapists working with patients with mild TBI.

`This is an exceptionally well laid book offering broad perspectives on autism in the early years. For anyone who wants a one-stop informative book, which can be sued as a starter book for those embarking on a career on working with children with autism, or as a dereference book to be used over the years, this is a gem′ - REACH, Journal of Special Needs Education in Ireland `The book is timely and important and will be a very useful resource to parents and practitioners of young children with autism` - Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice `The book gives lots of excellent information about the autistic spectrum, with descriptions of characteristics and tendencies. There are interesting case studies to help the reader apply the theory to children they know. The book would be a valuable addition to a settings′ special needs literature′- Nursery World `Autism and Early Years Practice: A Guide for Early Years Professionals, Teachers and Parents, will be an important book for both trainees and existing staff in the ECEC field, whatever their professional background and titles′ - Tricia David, from the Foreword `A remarkable reference resource. It is, without a doubt, the most absorbing and easily absorbed book we have seen, setting out the most comprehensive survey of the history, definitions, needs of carers and sufferers, issues of diagnosis, and much, much more′ - Nurturing Potential With every early years setting now expected to be more inclusive, early years professionals are increasingly working with children who have autism or who appear on the autistic spectrum. This book is written with the needs of the practitioner firmly in mind. It offers advice based on the author′s own experience as a practitioner and provides the reader with sound knowledge of the area which will support and inform practice. Useful, practical, realistic and constructive suggestions will be made by exploring research and current examples of good practice; these will be supported by individual case studies as exemplars. Each chapter will highlight key issues, offer suggestions for discussion and direct the reader to key texts for further reading. Subjects covered include: · definitions of autism · the demands of relevant legislation · considering the needs of the family · issues of diagnosis and assessment · understanding the world of the child with autism · programmes of intervention · including young children with autism · working effectively within a multi-disciplinary system · current issues and suggestions for the future All early years students and professionals working with children in a variety of early years settings will find this book helpful and closely matched to their needs. Kate Wall is Early Childhood Studies Programme Director at Canterbury Christ Church University College. She has worked extensively as a practitioner in early years mainstream and special needs settings.

The sixth edition ofCreating Inclusive Classrooms: Effective and Reflective Practices for All Studentsgoes beyond the typical inclusion text in its reflective discussions on how to teach students with varying learning abilities. The text contains all of the core information that an inclusion text requires and then takes the reader to a higher level by including issues of gender, race, ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, and family structures.

Covering the 3 to 8 age range, this book includes practical strategies, advice and suggestions. It helps readers encourage good behaviour from every child in your setting, and focuses on suggesting ways to support children with special educational needs.