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The SENCO Handbook (2nd Edition)
"Every child, whether in a mainstream or special setting, deserves a world-class education to ensure that they fulfil their potential. Everyone who works with disabled children and children with SEN should have high expectations of them and the skills to help them to learn."
‘Support and Aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability,
A consultation’, March 2011
The bestselling SENCO Handbook has been updated and revised. This second edition will enable you to create positive outcomes for all your SEN pupils, and provide you with the information you need to achieve the National SENCO Qualification.
Providing support and guidance for every part of the Senco role all in one place, this essential handbook will allow you to ensure that students are enabled to achieve their full potential and thrive at your school.
With the support of our downloadable templates, proformas and audits that you can adapt for your own setting and share with colleagues, feel reassured that your systems and paperwork are in order, that your colleagues are well trained and confident and your school is working well with other external agencies for the benefit of the students.
You can now purchase the entire Handbook Collection for the reduced price of only £549 - normally £1,048! Find out more about the Handbook Collection.
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Comments on the first edition:
“A useful source … the Handbook has a lot of quality materials in it which will save a lot of time.”
Brian J Sparks, Head of Curriculum and Learning Support at Stanchester Community School
“As a new SENCO, the Handbook has been invaluable in guiding me through my first year, particularly the section on the role of the SENCO and the Proformas.”
Liz Nourse, SENCO, Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Books: If you are in the UK, your order should usually arrive within 7 working days. Please allow up to two weeks for deliveries outside the UK.
eBooks: If purchased by credit card, you will be provided with easy download instructions for immediate download. If purchased by invoice you will have to wait until we have confirmed that your email address and contact details match your school’s. This is typically done on the following working day.
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| 20kg + | £15.00 | |
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| Europe | 11-20kg | £15.50 |
| 20kg + | £19.00 | |
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| Rest of World | 11-20kg | £19.00 |
| 20kg + | £25.00 |
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Benefits
The SENCO Handbook (2nd Edition) will:
1. Enable your students to achieve excellent outcomes by offering you support and assistance with every aspect of your role.
2. Enhance provision for students within your school by giving you access to all of the information you need to do your job smoothly and develop effective systems for working within your school and within your budget.
3. Give you confidence to inspire and train other colleagues, including support staff.
4. Enable you to make a strong contribution in meetings with your local authority and to get the most from working with other agencies.
5. Enable you to work closely with parents and carers and to gain maximum benefit from their knowledge of their children, your students.
6. Enable you to feel confident to deal with tribunals.
7. Enable you to fully understand the potential allowances and support available for SEN students taking examinations, and ensure that your students receive their entitlement.
8. Give you access to relevant and useful information written by experienced and knowledgeable SENCOs – helping you use their knowledge and experience in your own school.
9. Save you time, providing all of the information you need in one easy-to-access file as well as material that can be easily reproduced.
10. Provide you with the information and knowledge you require to achieve the national SENCO Qualification.
Summary of contents
This file includes:
- A disk containing proformas to adapt to your own setting and print.
- Easy-to-use signposting to internet links and references.
- Strategies to manage the processes that your role requires.
- In-depth guidance on procedural issues.
The handbook is divided into five parts for easy identification of the topics discussed. These parts follow the SENCO specification required for the national qualification:
1. The Professional Context
2. Strategic Development of SEN Policy and Procedures
3. Coordinating Provision
4. Leading, Developing and Supporting Colleagues
5. Working in Partnership with Pupils, Families and other Professionals.
Chapter breakdown
Part 1 – The Professional Context
Covers the broader and national issues that a SENCO should be familiar with
- The role and responsibilities of the Senco
- Legislation and policy
- Inclusion
Part 2 – Strategic Development of SEN Policy and Procedures
Focuses on strategic and business requirements
- Writing a special educational needs policy
- Business management and ensuring value for money
- Tribunals
- Examination preparation for students with special educational needs
Part 3 – Coordinating Provision
This part of the handbook provides practical strategies and interventions to help the coordination of provision throughout a setting for students with SEN
- Identification and assessment of need
- Monitoring and evaluating provision: a strategic whole-school approach
- Managing transitions
Part 4 – Leading, Developing and Supporting Colleagues
This section will help develop strategies and systems to develop and support all colleagues within your setting
- Working with colleagues
- Supporting the professional development of colleagues
- Managing support and coordinating staff
Part 5 – Working in Partnership with Pupils, Families and Other Professionals
Focuses on partnership working
- Developing effective partnerships with external agencies
- Listening to the student voice
- Partnerships with parents/carers: practical guidance materials
- Working with governors
Finally, there is a section with further information and resources, and an Index.
Each part of the SENCO Handbook explains successful procedure and offers practical proformas, references to further literature, assessments, paperwork and methods of working so that there should be little need for you, the practitioner, to have to look anywhere else for additional resources or information.
Description
Print: Loose leaf in ring binder and CD-Rom, >400 Pages
eBook: Searchable indexed PDF & Zip file containing 80+ editable Microsoft Word files and PDFs of the sheets and pro formas
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Customer Rating
Invaluable for SENCOs
28 January 2011'The SENCO Handbook' has been invaluable to me in my role - the amount of time it's saved me that I would otherwise have spent looking for resources and guidance from other sources is greatly valued. I would confidently recommend this to any busy SENCO.