SEND Strategies for the Primary Years: Practical ideas and expert advice to use pre-diagnosis

SEND Strategies for the Primary Years is a practical guide for teachers and parents to use while waiting for diagnoses, assessment, or support. It offers 7 areas of difficulties and provides relevant support for speech, language, literacy, numeracy, motor skills, emotional regulation, sensory differences, concentration, and organisation. Each chapter contains simple, effective actions to differentiate and improve learning outcomes for pupils who need more support. The book is supported by a demonstrative video and is accessible via QR code.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 06 June 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

With as many as 13% of children in schools in England receiving some form of SEN support, and waiting times of up to 3-5 years for a child to receive a formal diagnosis, there is a critical need for strategies teachers can use in the classroom and parents can use at home now. SEND Strategies for the Primary Years is the solution you've been looking for! The book gives teachers (and parents!) practical strategies that they can put in place while they wait for diagnoses, assessment or support. The strategies are practical, easy to implement and resource. Relevant to children who may be impacted by a range of SEND including autism, PDA, ADHD, dyslexia, DCD, dyscalculia, sensory processing differences, speech, language and communication needs and more. The book is split into seven areas of difficulties and provides the relevant support for: – Speech, language and communication – Literacy – Numeracy – Motor skills – Emotional regulation – Sensory differences – Concentration and organisation. Each chapter contains simple, effective actions to differentiate and improve learning outcomes for pupils who need more support in the classroom as well as at home. Each activity is supported by a demonstrative video, accessible via QR code. This book and the strategies can be used by any teacher or parent, not just SEND specialists. Georgina Durrant is a former teacher and SENDCO and the founder of The SEN Resources Blog, a leading SEND website in the UK, and this book features her trademark neuro-affirmative, supportive approach throughout.

Weight: 296g
Dimension: 233 x 153 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781801993661