Supporting Every Child [Paperback]

This course book is for all degree students who are support staff, particularly teaching assistants (TAs), working in educational settings. It focuses on professional, academic and vocational issues that are common to support workers across the school sectors, and provides essential guidance on the increasingly complex role of all those involved in teaching and supporting learning. The reader is supported throughout by learning objectives, practical and reflective tasks, relevant case studies and chapter summaries. This new edition has been extensively revised to reflect recent changes in legislation, policy and the curriculum. It includes new or significantly amended chapters; on the development of support staff; supporting pupils in crisis; learning in the early years; inclusion, SEN and phonics.

New to this edition:

New legislation and policy changes mean updates required.

Development of a new curriculum has brought changes.A practical and accessible new edition of this essential text for support staff and those involved in teaching and supporting learning.A good introductory text for those starting out in HE level study, which will also see them into the second year.Very useful book for supporting children, has very relevant information.An excellent starter for FD students; we have library copies and recommended purchase to studentsVery useful update. I especially like the new material on promoting resilience and on proactive approaches.An interesting book and very mush used and reccomended to my students.
It covers quite a few module for me such as 'child in society', 'inclusion' and 'assessment and observation'.An excellent handbook for foundation degree students. the reflective tasks will allow the students to realy consider thir own practice in relation to inclusivity . Current and relevent information regarding policy and theory. covers recent changes in legislatiolc(