100 Ideas for Supporting Pupils with Dyspraxia and DCD

Author: Amanda Kirby
Publisher: Continuum
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
This practical guide provides those working with dyspraxic and DCD children with 100 ideas of how to support and develop their learning. Lists cover the entire school age range and range from developing fine and gross motor skills to preparing children for the next stage of schooling or for future careers.

100 Ideas for Supporting Pupils with Dyslexia

Author: Gavin Reid
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441149120
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 137

Book Description
This useful, resourceful and practical guide provides those working with dyslexic children one hundred ideas of how to support their learning development. Lists range from identifying the needs of individual pupils and their learning styles to developing pupils reading, writing, numeric and communication skills.

Developmental Coordination Disorder

Author: Morven F. Ball
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1843100908
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

100 Ideas for Supporting Pupils with ADHD

Author: Geoff Kewley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441165363
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
Providing 100 practical ideas to enhance and develop learning, this is a resourceful guide for anyone working to support pupils with ADHD. Each idea has been successfully tried and tested. Ideas range from preparing to teach the ADHD child to helping develop the child's social skills and self esteem.

100+ Ideas for Supporting Children with Dyslexia

Author: Gavin Reid
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441130934
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 179

Book Description
This practical guide provides anyone supporting children and young people with dyslexia with more than 100 great ideas for reinforcing their learning development. This second edition is up-to-date with the latest research and best practice on dyslexia, and includes a brand new section on differentiation in the classroom. There are also lots of additional ideas on topics including: • emotional literacy • peer support • periods of transition in the child's school life • developing phonic skills; and • exam preparation This book of ready-to-use activities and strategies is perfect for the non-specialist teacher in need of extra guidance, but will also offer new ideas and insights to SENCOs, head teachers, parents and carers and anyone else working with a child or young person with dyslexia.

How to Understand and Support Children with Dyspraxia

Author: Lois Addy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781855033818
Category : Apraxia
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description
With more than 20 years experience, Lois Addy emphasises the importance of understanding dyspraxia so that effective support can be given to children with coordination and perception difficulties. The author presents a series of ideas and strategies to support this special group of children.

Developmental Dyspraxia

Author: Madeleine Portwood
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134156618
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
This second edition of Madeleine Portwood's successful manual aims to give parents, teachers and health professionals the confidence to diagnose and assess dyspraxia. Most importantly, it offers them an intervention program that will significantly improve the cognitive functioning of the dyspraxic child or teenager. Updated in light of the author's new and extensive research, the book provides the reader with background information on the neurological basis of the condition; strategies for identification, diagnosis and assessment; proven programs of intervention that can be monitored by anyone closely involved with the child; strategies to improve curricular attainments; remediation activities to develop perceptual and motor skills; programs to develop self-esteem; and information about where to find help.

Can't Play Won't Play

Author: Sharon Drew
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1843106019
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
"Can't Play Won't Play is a resource for parents, teachers and all those working with children with DCD."--BOOK JACKET.

Beating Dyspraxia with a Hop, Skip and a Jump

Author: Geoffrey Platt
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857009486
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
Geoff Platt's exercise program, tailored to help children with dyspraxia to overcome their symptoms, enjoy physical activities, and become as active as their friends and classmates, is now proven to be even more effective. This revised edition outlines the fun and easy-to-teach program, which focuses on familiar activities such as running, jumping and ball play, and explains how regular exercise routines can reduce weakness and improve motor skills, such as balance, timing and coordination. It includes extra session plans, incorporates new research, and adds a secondary stage to the exercise program, teaching the skills of praxis, planning movement and improving skills. This practical guide will be an essential resource for Physical Education teachers and non-specialist teachers of recreation and games classes who are looking to help children with dyspraxia to reduce weakness and improve motor skills, as well as parents.

Dyspraxia/DCD Pocketbook

Author: Afroza Talukdar
Publisher: Management Pocketbooks
ISBN: 1908284862
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Find out what exactly dyspraxia/DCD is and the current approaches to diagnosis. Learn how to recognise students with dyspraxia; familiarise yourself with the effects of the condition, including secondary consequences; and equip yourself with a range of teaching tools and classroom strategies to support pupils with this 'hidden disability'. Afroza Talukdar works as a specialist teacher, providing advice to mainstream teachers on how best to address the needs of children with motor co-ordination difficulties. She cuts through the confusion of different terminologies and overlapping difficulties and explains how you can make a real difference in helping students with this disorder to achieve their potential. By the end of the book you will understand dyspraxic learners' complex difficulties and feel confident about developing a dyspraxia-friendly classroom within which they can be addressed.