Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction --
Ch. 1. Strategies for enhancing learning by children with special needs ;
1. Strategies for effective communication and problem-solving using good listening skills ;
2. Suggestions for teachers of mathematics ;
3. Strategies to support pupils who are school or classroom refusers ;
4. Helping pupils who have English as a second language ;
5. Facilitating the completion of examination coursework ;
6. Supporting pupils with a hearing impairment ;
7. The use of writing frames to assist pupils in non-fiction writing ;
8. Supporting refugee pupils in the classroom ;
9. Identifying pupils who are working at a significantly lower level than their peers --
10. Identifying pupils with low self-esteem in pupils --
11. Strategies to improve low self-esteem in pupils --
12. Establishing successful school contact with parent and carers ;
13. Responding to physical impairment ;
14. Devising strengths and weaknesses for multi-sensory teaching strategy ;
15. Identifying strengths and weaknesses for multi-sensory ;
16. Multi-sensory teaching strategies for specific learning difficulties ;
17. Looking after your needs as a teacher of pupils with special educational needs --
Ch. 2. Improving unacceptable behaviour ;
18. Devising and evuluating a diagnostic behaviour questionnaire ;
19. Strategies to cope with rude and negative behaviour ;
20. Dealing with pupils whose emotional and behavioural difficulties lead to disaffection and isolation in the classroom ;
21. Assisting the reintegration of excluded pupils :
22. Supporting pupils who are being bullied ;
23. Helping bullies to change their behaviour ;
24. Improving the ethos of a problem class ;
25. Dealing with disruption in the classroom ;
Ch. 3. Specific special needs issues ;
26. Identifying and meeting the needs of able/gifted pupils ;
27. Identifying pupils with Attention Deficit Disorder ;
28. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ;
29. Autistic Spectrum Disorders ;
30. Asperger's Syndrome ;
31. Dyslexia ;
32. Supporting pupils with language impairment ;
33. Dyspraxia ;
34. Tips for improving reading ;
35. Tips for improving spelling ;
36. Paired reading ;
37. Being an effective learning support teacher in a mainstream classroom ;
38. Identifying pupils who may be experiencing physical, emotional or sexual abuse --
Ch. 4. Tips for non-specialists on helping children with special needs ;
39. Identifying a special need: what should you be doing? ;
40. Identifying a special need: should you have known? ;
41. Working effectively in the classroom with a peripatetic learning support teacher ;
42. Identifying special needs: an alphabetical compendium --
Information Section --
References --
Glossary --
Index.

This text provides practical advice and support for people involved in working with children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). It takes a broad-based approach, aiming to combine pragmatic advice with theoretical underpinning, to provide SEN and classroom teachers with insight into support.