Supporting Children with Dyspraxia and Motor Co-ordination Difficulties

This completely revised and updated edition supports teachers in making good provision for children and young people with a range of co-ordination difficulties.

Offering practical tips and strategies on how to meet the needs of children and young people with all sorts of coordination difficulties, in a range of educational settings, this book features timesaving checklists, templates and photocopiable, downloadable resources to support professional development. Written by practitioners, for practitioners, it also contains a wealth of tried and tested strategies and provides clear best-practice guidance for developing outstanding provision in inclusive settings which is fully up to date with the new SEN Code of Practice.

Completely revised and updated in light of the new SEND 2014 Code of Practice, this new edition supports teachers in making good provision for children and young people with a range of co-ordination difficulties.

Offering practical tips and strategies on how to meet the needs of children and young people with dyspraxia and other coordination difficulties in a range of educational settings, this book features timesaving checklists, templates and photocopiable resources to support professional development. The wide-ranging and accessible chapters explore topics including:

• Identification of different types of motor co-ordination difficulties

• Implications for classroom practice

• Understanding core skill development

• Assessment practices

  Written by practitioners, for practitioners, it also contains a wealth of tried and tested strategies and provides clear best-practice guidance for developing outstanding provision in inclusive settings.

Susan Coulter - Senior Support Teacher for the Education Service for Disability at Hull City Council, UK
Lesley Kynman - Senior Support Teacher for the Education Service for Disability at Hull City Council. UK
Elizabeth Morling - SEN consultant and series editor
Rob Grayson - Team Leader, Integrated Physical and Sensory Services at Hull City Council, UK
Jill Wing - Senior Support Teacher, Integrated Physical and Sensory Services at Hull City Council, UK

"What it does aim to provide, according to the back cover blurb, is: 'practical tips and strategies'; and 'clear best-practice guidnce for developing outstanding provision in inclusive settings' and in these aims it does well. A good classroom-focused resource." - John Perry, Special

Autorentext

Susan Coulter Senior Support Teacher for the Education Service for Physical Disability at Hull City Council, UK

Lesley Kynman Senior Support Teacher for the Education Service for Physical Disability at Hull City Council, UK

Elizabeth Morling Series Editor, SEN Consultant and former Head of the Education Service for Physical Disability at Hull City Council, UK

Rob Grayson Team Leader for the Integrated Physical and Sensory Services at Hull City Council, UK

Jill Wing Senior Support Teacher for the Integrated Physical and Sensory Services at Hull City Council, UK

Inhalt

Foreword Introduction Part 1: An overview of co-ordination difficulties Part 2: Understanding core skill development Sensory issues Gross motor skills Fine motor skills Part 3: Strategies to address the educaional implications of co-ordination difficulties Classroom activities Independence skills Communication and social skills Personal Organisation Further reading and support Appendices