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For me, one of the key difficulties of teaching Numeracy within SEN in a secondary school is the fact that much of the material I see is not appropriate to the age range. It seems to me that a lot of material at NC levels 3, 4 and 5 tends to be presented for a [...]

Children with attention problems, poor thinking skills, avoidance tactics and low self-esteem present real problems. These are major barriers to achievement and pupil involvement. But there are effective strategies to help these children – Active Listening for Active Learning is a new mainstream resource that promotes understanding, participation and personalised learning in the classroom. Active [...]

Drama for Students with Special Needs Building group trust or self confidence, to teach self awareness, body awareness and self-expression. Sometimes there is a book that simply offers what it says it offers – and this is one case in point. It is a book of lesson plans for teachers who wish to work using [...]