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Choosing a School for a Child With Special Needs
Ruth Birnbaum If you are considering placing a child with special needs at a new school, it can be difficult to know where to begin. Should you choose a special school, or a special unit within a mainstream school? What will be the involvement of therapists? Maybe home schooling would be best? Whether the child has autism, dyslexia or any other special educational, emotional or behavioural difficulty, this book will help you find the school that suits the child best. From drawing up a list of possibilities and setting up a school visit, to asking the right questions and recording your opinions in order to make an informed decision, Choosing a School for a Child with Special Needs will guide you through this complex and stressful process with confidence and ease. Whether you are a parent seeking a special school, a professional researching a school, or a teacher recommending what to look for in a school, this book is a must-have reference for anyone taking school placement seriously. |
2009, Paperback: £14.99/ $24.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-987-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp |
Other Publications by Ruth Birnbaum
Dynamic Assessment and its Relationship to the Code of Practice – Educational and Child Psychology 13(3): 1996
The Impact of a Disability or Learning Difficulty on Twins or Higher Multiple Births – Special Children: 1999
Dynamic Assessment One Year On – BPS, Division of Educational and Child Psychology Newsletter: 1999
The Emperor’s New Clothes Syndrome, Is There Room For Creative Thinking at Tribunals? – Debate Magazine of the DECP*, BPS: June 2004
The Association of Child Psychologists in Private Practice (AChiPPP) is born – Debate Magazine of the DECP: June 2007
Choosing the Right School – Informing Choice in Special Children Magazine (pages 32 – 34) June/July 2010. (An article on what schools can do to help parents understand their options (based on my book, Choosing a School for a Child with Special Needs – see above).
Questions to Ask When Considering a School for a Dyslexic (SpLD) Pupil – CReSTeD (Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils – www.crested.org.uk) Register of Schools that Help Children with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) publication – July 2010
Cited by ACE (Advisory Centre for Education – www.ace-ed.org.uk) on their website – June 2010
Editorial contribution to John Catt’s Which School? for Special Needs 2012/13 [A guide to independent and non-maintained schools and colleges of further education in Britain for pupils with Sensory, Physical, Learning, Social, Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties or Dyslexia] ISBN no: 978-1908095558 – May 2012
Choosing a School for a Child with Special Needs: Is This a Real Choice for Parents? (September 2012) SEN Magazine www.senmagazine.co.uk
Subject of the Newsletter Interview of the DECP in December 1996
*DECP = Division of Educational & Child Psychology is a division of the BPS
The Impact of a Disability or Learning Difficulty on Twins or Higher Multiple Births – Special Children: 1999
Dynamic Assessment One Year On – BPS, Division of Educational and Child Psychology Newsletter: 1999
The Emperor’s New Clothes Syndrome, Is There Room For Creative Thinking at Tribunals? – Debate Magazine of the DECP*, BPS: June 2004
The Association of Child Psychologists in Private Practice (AChiPPP) is born – Debate Magazine of the DECP: June 2007
Choosing the Right School – Informing Choice in Special Children Magazine (pages 32 – 34) June/July 2010. (An article on what schools can do to help parents understand their options (based on my book, Choosing a School for a Child with Special Needs – see above).
Questions to Ask When Considering a School for a Dyslexic (SpLD) Pupil – CReSTeD (Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils – www.crested.org.uk) Register of Schools that Help Children with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) publication – July 2010
Cited by ACE (Advisory Centre for Education – www.ace-ed.org.uk) on their website – June 2010
Editorial contribution to John Catt’s Which School? for Special Needs 2012/13 [A guide to independent and non-maintained schools and colleges of further education in Britain for pupils with Sensory, Physical, Learning, Social, Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties or Dyslexia] ISBN no: 978-1908095558 – May 2012
Choosing a School for a Child with Special Needs: Is This a Real Choice for Parents? (September 2012) SEN Magazine www.senmagazine.co.uk
Subject of the Newsletter Interview of the DECP in December 1996
*DECP = Division of Educational & Child Psychology is a division of the BPS