The Good Schools Guide - Softcover

Sandra Hutchinson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955282136 ISBN 13: 9780955282133

Publisher: Publishing Services, 2008

Synopsis

From the "Good Schools Guide" team, this is a new independent guide to Special Educational Needs (SEN), from mild dyslexia to the most severe conditions. It features in-depth reviews of some 350 mainstream and specialist schools that cater mainstream and special schools - no advertising or paid-for entries.One in five UK schoolchildren are diagnosed at some time in their school career as having a Special Educational Need (SEN) - some one hundred and fifty thousand new diagnoses a year. For the parents this is a time of great anxiety. What does it mean? How can I help? What should the school be doing about it? Is moving schools the answer? Where can I get help and advice?This new guide from the well-established "Good Schools Guide" team provides the answers. It describes the SEN system and the various SEN diagnoses - from dyslexia to ADHD to Asperger's Syndrome. It lists the many sources of information and advice that parents might turn to; how to navigate the system, what makes a good school for a child with SEN; and, how to screen out those with their head in the sand. All sorts of people involved with children with SEN have written sections on their own experiences parents, teachers, professionals and the children themselves. The book concludes with write-ups on over 700 schools, from the established to the almost unknown, from state to the private sector; mainstream, special and combined.The Guide comes with free access to a website containing details of all the 1500+ special schools in the UK, as well as many mainstream schools that have provided the GSG team with SEN data.

About this title

About the Author:

Sandra Hutchinson has taught children with SEN, helped families of children with SEN, has a child with SEN and has been an editor of the Good Schools Guide for several years.

Review:

"'Practical, fearlessly frank, sympathetic and lively, this guide is exactly what has been needed for a very long time' - NICK HORNBY 'Its pages contain a great deal of interesting information, good sense and valuable advice....I liked the way the book spoke to me. It has jokes, it is cheerful. It is written by parents and has a parent-friendly attitude' - TES EXTRA FOR SPECIAL NEEDS"

About this edition

• Publisher: Publishing Services
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0955282136
• ISBN 13: 9780955282133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 704