The National Literacy Strategy emphasises that children with special educational needs should work, wherever possible, with their peers within the Literacy Hour. The aim is to use structured, intensive teaching to enable as many children as possible eventually to work at the appropriate level for their age. The Take-Off! series is designed to be used with children of about 9 who are struggling to achieve the levels of literacy expected for their age. The titles chosen have been based on best-sel...
Letterland (Letterland S.) (Letterland - Programme 1)
by Lyn Wendon
A fun-filled and interactive pull-the-tab book that features the full Letterland alphabet in eye-catching scenes. Young children will delight in the simple rhyming text while pulling the tabs to see the Letterland characters come to life. Kicking King can be made to kick his football, Munching Mike to munch on his motorbike and Water Witch to fly through the air! Every page has its own unique pull-the-tab feature. This novel introduction to the Letterland alphabet will fascinate, educate and e...
Elementary / Special Education Social Skills Poster Set
Helen Keller Facing Her Challenges/Challenging the World with CD Read-Along (Another Great Achiever Read-Along)
by Janet Benge
Foundation Science to GCSE is designed to be completely accessible so as not to daunt lower ability students. Longer paragraphs of text from Science to GCSE are replaced with easy-to-understand diagrams. Content is presented at a suitably low reading level. Close-style questions and simple comprehension exercises reinforce key concepts.
This volume provides coverage of the National Curriculum history, Key Stage 3, core unit - "The Making of the United Kingdom 1500-1750", checked and revised by a remedial specialist to meet the needs of less able pupils. Presentation, language and activities have all been structured both to satisfy National Curriculum requirements, and to be accessible to those students for whom the majority of NC materials are dense and intimidating. Steve Buxton is also the author of "The Invaders" and "Mediev...
Learning Difficulties (Talking About)
by Hachette Children's Group
Stimulating and accessible, the titles in the LIVEWIRE series have been produced in association with The Basic Skills Agency to ensure a non-patronising approach towards the requirements of readers with special needs. They provide teenagers/adult interest level fiction and non-fiction for those with reading ages below 10, or adult students learning English as a second language. Each book is graded at one of the following reading ages: 6-7, 7-8, 8-9 or 9-10. All LIVEWIRE books are written by qual...
"Dido" (Livewire Real Lives)
Stimulating and accessible, the titles in the LIVEWIRE series have been produced in association with The Basic Skills Agency to ensure a non-patronising approach towards the requirements of readers with special needs. They provide teenagers/adult interest level fiction and non-fiction for those with reading ages below 10, or adult students learning English as a second language. Each book is graded at one of the following reading ages: 6-7, 7-8, 8-9 or 9-10. All LIVEWIRE books are written by qual...
Otis the Robot Plays the Game (Otis the Robot, #3)
by Jim Carrington
This series follows Otis the Robot, who finds it hard to deviate from his programming and adapt to social situations. He goes to a school run and attended by other robots. The short stories in this series will help teach social skills to primary-aged children with Autism Spectrum Condition and social communication difficulties. Each book explores a different social situation which commonly causes stress, misunderstanding or confusion about how to behave.The books are aimed primarily at children...
Otis the Robot Meets a Supply Teacher (Otis the Robot, #4)
by Jim Carrington
This series follows Otis the Robot, who finds it hard to deviate from his programming and adapt to social situations. He goes to a school run and attended by other robots. The short stories in this series will help teach social skills to primary-aged children with Autism Spectrum Condition and social communication difficulties. Each book explores a different social situation which commonly causes stress, misunderstanding or confusion about how to behave.The books are aimed primarily at children...
12 Journalists and Media Personalities with Disabilities (No Barriers)
by Marne Ventura