Special Needs and Early Years
A Practitioner Guide
New to this edition are:
- up-to-date information on all the relevant policies and legislation, including the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), Every Child Matters (ECM) and the training guidelines for new SENCOs;
- a timeline showing the development of policies and legislation in the field;
- learning objectives at the beginning of chapters;
- points for reflection within chapters, to aid independent study and facilitate critical thinking;
- new case studies, which cover the Birth to 8 age range;
- new content on the role of fathers, pupil voice and listening to children, taking an holistic view of the child, and current issues around diversity and inclusion.
This book is essential reading for early years students and practitioners, and for all those working with young children with special educational needs and their families.
This book provides resourceful and reflective practitioner guidance, and tools, to inform good practice.
The text covers a range of aspects of the subject, particularly partnership working. it also addresses good Early years practice generally: I would have welcomed more coverage of intervention and more on the specific issues related to children with special needs in the early years.
Very good and easy to understand. The main key areas are covered. Easy for students to read.
Essential for those practitioners who also undertake the Role of SENCO
An excellent book for tutors of this subject matter. It covers all the core curriculum for practitioners. Good references are given to promote further reading. The book is set out in an easy to read format with objectives at the beginning of each chapter. I was impressed with the case studies and the analysis that followed. I believe this book because of it's high academic content will be more suitable for level 3 courses and foundation degree level. It would be suitable for tutors to extract relevant information to teach to level 2 courses. The key issues noted at the end of each chapter could be used for lower level teaching points. A good teaching resource to have at hand.
This was an excellent book that provided the right balance between theory and practice.
It explored the real issue of affective development and how this can impact on the development of the child, whilst at the same time acknowledging the importance of partnership with parents.
It also provides a fairly comprehensive section on purpose and significance of observation and assessment.
A Good basic book for students.
Easy to follow, good examples.
SEN children are in all the settings and the practitioners need the information. Thank you!
Book blends theory and practice very well, covering all essential areas of study for Early Years practitioners
Kate Wall's 3rd edition of 'Special Needs & Early Years A Practitioner's Guide', is a most informative, detailed and student friendly resource. This book is inclusive of an interesting book to read and also an excellent resource for a lecturer to use, when teaching our 'future child care practitioners' about children and special needs in the early years.
Anne Marie Mc Carron
Lecturer,
Department of Nursing and Health Care Studies,
Solás Building,
Dromtacker,
Institute of Technology,
Tralee,
Co. Kerry,
Ireland
February 2011
the students used this text book for research within the special needs criteria and found it very usefull
