Early Years Inclusive Practice for Children with SEND: Giving Every Child the Best Start [Paperback]

Based on four decades of experience with a range of settings and children with SEND, this book takes you through the key practices that will enable you to be truly inclusive.

Editor and contributing authors vii Foreword ix 1 Introduction to inclusive practice 1 Meggie Fisher 2 Leadership and management of inclusion 14 Meggie Fisher and Lee Friend 3 Early identification 24 Louise White 4 Monitoring and assessment 37 Meggie Fisher 5 Voice of the child 54 Abi Preston-Rees 6 The inclusive team 68 Lee Friend 7 Family partnerships 81 Megan Harper 8 Intersections of inclusion 96 Meggie Fisher 9 Enabling environments 104 Megan Harper 10 Behaviours that challenge 115 Abi Preston-Rees 11 Transitions for children with SEND 136 Abi Preston-Rees 12 Well-being in early years 147 Louise White In conclusion 159 Index 161

Have you seen a rise in the number of children with SEND in your setting? Are you concerned about how to give them the best start alongside other children? Based on four decades of experience with a range of settings and children with SEND, this book takes you through the key practices that will enable you to be truly inclusive.

Drawing from work undertaken by Dingleys Promise, a national charity striving to provide every child with the best start, chapters explore how we can support the early identification of need and provide a tailored response for individual children. The book considers a range of issues that have been raised by settings as barriers to inclusion, as well as crucial aspects such as discussions with parents, home learning, and well-being. With real-life case studies from the playroom to bring theory to life, questions to el“.