The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Dyspraxia

by Geoff Brookes

Overview

This practical guide encourages teaching assistants to reflect on their practice and to put into effect strategies which will increase and improve support for dyspraxic children. Written by an experienced educator, each chapter provides teaching assistants with a range of activities to learn from.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441139979
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	09/25/2007
Series:	Teaching Assistant's Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	152
File size:	199 KB

About the Author

Geoff Brookes is Deputy Head of Cefn Hengoed School, Swansea, UK. Geoff regularly writes in the TES.

Table of Contents

Introducation

1. What is Dyspraxia?

2. Thinking about how the brain works
3. Where it all goes wrong
4. The Dyspraxic Child and the Teaching Assistant
5. What are the signs?
6. Parents and actions
7. How you can make a difference
8. What you should do
9. Relationships
10. Organizing
11. Behaving and bullying
12. Specific hints and tips
13. 18 and beyond
14. in conclusion...