Teacher Tips for Supporting Children with SEN and Autism
Adele Devine reflects upon her new book Flying Starts for Unique Children and offers practical advice on making sure that children with Autism and SEN get off to the…
Tag: educational psychology
How to Build Language Using LEGO® Bricks
In this extract, Dawn Ralph and Jacqui Rochester discuss why Building Language Using LEGO® Bricks is a flexible and powerful intervention tool for aiding children with severe speech,…
Read an extract from A Practical Introduction to Restorative Practice in Schools
In this extract, Bill Hansberry draws upon real stories from school life to give a strong sense of what restorative justice is and how it works.…
New toys and expensive parties aren’t the best way to show a child love – Jane Evans
In this article, Jane Evans reflects upon her new book Cyril Squirrel Finds Out About Love to discuss how we can help children aged 2-6 learn about the…
Creative, Successful, Dyslexic book launch
The launch of Margaret Rooke’s Creative, Successful, Dyslexic in paperback at Newham bookshop last Thursday was a celebration of the determination, creativity and outlook that…
Read Brian Conley’s story from Creative, Successful, Dyslexic – out now in paperback
Entertainer, actor and singer Brian Conley reveals the difficulties that dyslexia presented him with at school growing up, and how he channelled his dyslexia to work…
An interview with Lisa Carne about home education and her new book ‘Natural Curiosity’
We spoke to Lisa Carne about her experience of moving her two children from mainstream schooling to home education, and learning through the lens of nature…
Read an extract from Lisa Carne’s “Natural Curiosity: Educating and Nurturing Our Children at Home”
Natural Curiosity is a warm and contemplative insight into one family’s experience of moving from mainstream schooling to home education, and learning through the lens of…
Read an exclusive extract from Alison Thompson’s ‘The Boy from Hell’
For Alison, life with her son Daniel sometimes seemed like an endless torrent of disobedience, backchat, rudeness, name-calling and aggression. Upon starting school, where his…
Read an exclusive extract from ‘The Parents’ Guide to Specific Learning Difficulties’ by Veronica Bidwell
Packed full of advice and practical strategies for parents and educators, this book is a one-stop-shop for supporting children with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs). Covering…