The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Dyspraxia

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9760-4
Verlag: BLOOMSBURY 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 133 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 168 g

Reihe: Teaching Assistants

As a teaching assistant, this book will build awareness and better understanding of dyspraxia. By achieving an increased level of understanding, you will be able to offer important help to children and students who really need it.

This practical guide gives useful advice on:

- Understanding dyspraxia and its consequences
- Developing effective relationships with dyspraxic children
- Working with successfully with others, including Teachers, SENCOs and parents.
- Each chapter provides Teaching Assistants with a range of activities to learn from.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brookes, Geoff

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erziehungsberatung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introducation
1. What is Dyspraxia?
2. Thinking about how the brain works
3. Where it all goes wrong
4. The Dyspraxic Child and the Teaching Assistant
5. What are the signs?
6. Parents and actions
7. How you can make a difference
8. What you should do
9. Relationships
10. Organizing
11. Behaving and bullying
12. Specific hints and tips
13. 18 and beyond
14. in conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Geoff Brookes is Deputy Head of Cefn Hengoed School, Swansea. He regularly writes in the TES.