Resources by Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd
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Meet Ellie - a young girl with epilepsy. Ellie invites readers to learn about epilepsy from her perspective. She introduces us to some friends who help present the varying forms of epilepsy.
Ellie and her friends help children to understand the obstacles that they face by telling them what it feels like to...
How do school staff listen effectively when they're already late for a meeting? How do school staff respond to a girl who's so angry that she's threatening to hit someone? Or to a boy who feels like giving up altogether? How do school staff listen, not only to students, but also to parents and to colleagues?...
The fact that comparatively few women pursue scientific careers has led UNESCO to begin a project entitled "Women, Science and Technology", intended to promote women's participation in economic life. This text has developed from this project and aims to draw secondary educators' and teacher trainers' attention to...
This book clearly explains what Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) are, and describes the symptoms of conditions most commonly encountered in the mainstream classroom: dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, and OCD. The author provides an overview of the strengths and...
Dyscalculia is a specific learning difficulty that affects the acquisition of numerical skills. A far larger number of pupils, while not dyscalculic, fail to acquire the basic numerical skills required for everyday life. Whatever the cause of poor numeracy it is essential that these difficulties are identified and...