What a terrific resource: comprehensive and current, this handbook is a vital acquisition for all involved in special education programs. Dr Farrell writes clearly and with a practical flair...highly recommended - Michael Arthur-Kelly PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Special Education Centr...

Move on Maths! offers versatile, tried and tested maths resources for 9-11 years for you to use in the way that is most suitable for your pupils. The units give you flexible ideas, rather then prescriptive lessons and support the Renewed Primary Framework for mathematics. The PNS Framewo...

‘Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton have been immersed in the field for many years and write authoritatively, with understanding and clarity. The book is thoroughly up to date and offers a useful reference source. This book is very welcome, it is accessible, readable and sound.’ (Review of the fi...

The Practical Guidance in the Early Years Foundation Stage series will assist practitioners in the smooth and successful implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Each book gives clear and detailed explanations of each aspect of Learning and Development and encourages r...

Developing Attachment in Early Years Settings is a guide for practitioners to help them prepare for the care of individual babies and children in their settings. This highly practical book offers the reader advice on implementing attachment principles in line with the Practice Guidance o...

Behaviour for Learning offers teachers a clear conceptual framework for making sense of the many behaviour management strategies on offer, allowing them to make a critical assessment about their appropriateness and effectiveness in the classroom.

Teachers need to be asking thems...

Teachers are very good at providing excellent opportunities for children’s learning to progress. Often, without fully understanding the reasons why, teachers encourage learning in their charges which works very well, and is a very good approach at a particular time with a particular child or gr...

Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping child...

Written in an accessible style, the book helps early years practitioners planning transition programs for new children a...

Help pupils towards increased emotional intelligence using this book's practical ideas for developing confidence and optimism amongst learners.

The book includes:

* An explanation of the differences between self-esteem, confidence and optimism

* Complete coverage of how l...

Services for Children are changing in many ways, not least schools: new ones are being built; more practitioners fulfil diverse roles; the testing and assessment regime is changing; and new technologies enable us to teach pupils both well-established and completely new curriculum areas, in ways t...

This book describes a system of successful classroom behaviour management techniques developed by the author over more than 25 years. It outlines the difficulties confronting teachers trying to manage pupils’ misbehaviour in schools and describes four types of pupil who can be helped to behave...