Educating Children with Life-Limiting Conditions

This practical resource will support teachers who are working with children with a life limiting or life threatening conditions in mainstream schools. It provides teachers with the core knowledge and skills that underpin effective practice within a whole school and cross agency approach. Recognising the complexity of individual cases, the authors communicate key principles that can be applied to a range of situations. Mainstream schools now include increasing numbers of children with life limiting or life threatening conditions and this accessible book is written by a team that comprises of both education and health professionals, which helps bridge the gap between different services.

Educating Children with Life-Limiting Conditions supports teachers who are working with children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions in mainstream schools by providing them with the core knowledge and skills that underpin effective practice within a whole-school and cross-agency approach.

Mainstream schools now include increasing numbers of children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, and this accessible book is written by a team comprised of both education and health professionals, helping to bridge the gap between different services.

Recognising the complexity of individual cases, the authors communicate key principles relating to the importance of communication, multi-professional understanding and working and proactive planning for meeting the needs of any child with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition that can be applied to a range of situations.

Reflective activities and practical resources are provided and are also available to download. This book **will be of interest to teachers in mainstream schools, as well as teachers, SENCOs and senior leaders in all school settings, school nurses, children's nurses and allied health professionals.

'With the increasing number of pupils in both special and mainstream schools who have complex medical needs, this is a must have book for every staff-room. The easy to read format gives opportunity for reflection and very practical and informative advice and support for all school practitioners. Written by education and health professionals, you get a real sense of a multi-disciplinary approach to meeting the needs of our most vulnerable pupils. A very difficult subject dealt with in a caring, compassionate and very helpful way.' - Lorraine Petersen OBE, Educational Consultant and Former CEO of NASEN. 'This is a book on a vital but neglected, and for some teachers rather frightening, subject, that is reassuring, practical and inspirational. It sets out the key principles, knowledge and skills that are needed for implementing effective strategies for working with children with life limiting conditions in mainstream schools, outlining the elements of good practice, using a joined up, whole school multi-professional approach to which teachers will relate easily. It is grounded by the reflective activities which engage the reader from the outset and ensure that the valuable learning can be applied in real life school and classroom situations. I learned a good deal from reading this.' - Katherine Weare, Emeritus Professor, Southampton Education School, University of Southampton.

Autorentext

Dr Alison Ekins is Course Director of the National Award for SEN Coordination at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

Dr Sally Robinson is Principal Lecturer in Health Promotion and Public Health at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

Ian Durrant is Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

Kathryn Summers is Principal Lecturer in Children's Nursing at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

Zusammenfassung

Educating Children with Life-Limiting Conditions supports teachers who are working with children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions in mainstream schools by providing them with the core knowledge and skills that underpin effective practice within a whole-school and cross-agency approach.

Mainstream schools now include increasing numbers of children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, and this accessible book is written by a team comprised of both education and health professionals, helping to bridge the gap between different services.

Recognising the complexity of individual cases, the authors communicate key principles relating to the importance of communication, multi-professional understanding and working and proactive planning for meeting the needs of any child with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition that can be applied to a range of situations.

Reflective activities and practical resources are provided and are also available to download. This book **will be of interest to teachers in mainstream schools, as well as teachers, SENCOs and senior leaders in all school settings, school nurses, children's nurses and allied health professionals.

Inhalt

Section 1- Policy and Practice

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Policy context

Chapter 3: The Teaching for Life Project

Section 2- Knowledge and Skills

Chapter 4: Understanding Life Limiting and Life Threatening Conditions

Chapter 5: Medical care

Chapter 6: Working Collaboratively

Chapter 7: Communication skills

Chapter 8: Supporting other children within the school

Chapter 9: Teaching and learning approaches

Chapter 10: Handling emotional and behavioural changes

Section 3- A Whole School Approach to Support

Chapter 11: Establishing a positive whole school culture

Chapter 12: Whole school policies

Section 4- Practical resources

Chapter 13: Directory of useful contacts and agencies

Chapter 14: Glossary of medical and educational terms explained

Chapter 15: Photocopiable Resources

Section 5- Conclusions

Chapter 16: Learning from each other- implications for practice