Special Educational Needs and School Improvement: Practical Strategies for Raising Standards [Paperback]

Providing a practical guide to strategic management in the field of special educational needs, this text gives the reader a framework for raising achievement throughout the school.Providing a practical guide to strategic management in the field of special educational needs, this text gives the reader a framework for raising achievement throughout the school.Acknowledgements; Introduction: How to use this book; Chapter 1: Why plan strategically for SEN?; Chapter 2: How to plan strategically for SEN; Chapter 3: School self-evaluation; Chapter 4: Implementing and monitoring plans and provision; Chapter 5: School improvement and SEN: A Case Study; Chapter 6: Planning; planning provision - using a provision map; Chapter 7: Planning provision - what works?; Chapter 8: Beating bureaucracy -minimizing unnecessary IEPs and paperwork; Chapter 9: Developing staff: the SENCO and management team; Conclusion; Further information; References; . Appendix; IndexUSCopyright ? Jean Gross and Angela White 2003