Special Needs in the Early Years: Collaboration, Communication and Coordination

by Sue Roffey (Author), John Parry (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  This highly popular and accessible text contains a wealth of information about how early years staff can work effectively with professionals and parents to help identify and meet a range of special educational needs. This book aims to explore the most effective ways of supporting the child and implementing that support across the child's day to day life. Now in its third edition Special Needs in the Early Years is fully updated to reflect current policy, and topics covered include: * Early identification * Effective communication with parents and carers * An exploration of the legal context * How to implement joint planning for identified needs * A consideration of the issues affecting collaboration With case-studies, checklists, suggestions for good practice and cartoons to illustrate and enrich the text throughout, this book is structured to be easily accessible and invaluable for those who are in training to work in the early years sector. It will also be of interest to students on foundation and undergraduate students on Early Childhood Education and childcare courses as well as more experienced practitioners.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  Focusing on communicating with young children with special needs, this text focuses on what needs to be done and how to achieve it through good communication practices, and provides a useful initial reference for those networking and liaising on behalf of the child. The book also gathers together a range of information from different contexts which will help those involved save time, limit confusion and ensure that the needs of the child are fully addressed.