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1. Education Show 2012 preview: (SEN articles); ... effective methodology for autistic pupils in her seminar on Thursday 15 March at 10am. Dr Jones will look at the growing consensus on how the needs of children with autism are best addressed. Numeracy ...; Created on 21 February 2012
2. A sporting chance: (SEN articles); ... was based around the goals of increasing fitness levels in both students and staff and encouraging learning in a wide range of subject areas, such as literacy and numeracy, through high-quality physical ...; Created on 06 January 2012
3. Schools are failing deaf children: (SEN news); ... (NDCS) has warned that deaf children are at risk of being left behind in the Government’s literacy and numeracy drive, blaming a lack of specialist support in schools for these poor levels of achievement. ...; Created on 21 December 2011
4. A profound challenge: (SEN articles); ... curriculum perspective in favour of a developmental perspective. Schools are not driven by literacy, numeracy, science, geography and French but by early thinking, communication, self help skills, social ...; Created on 01 December 2011
5. Asperger's and the route to work: (SEN articles); ... qualification in professional cooking, in addition to one in computer literacy and information technology and a Level 1 in adult numeracy. When a vacancy arose for paid employment within a professional ...; Created on 15 November 2011
6. Coming to terms with dyslexia: (SEN articles); ... simple tasks of literacy and numeracy that many of his/her less gifted peers find easy. Your child is not normal; he/she is dyslexic. Nature has torn up the rule-book and from here on in life is going ...; Created on 27 October 2011
7. International adventures for special schools: (SEN articles); ... climate, clothing, self help and independence skills became fun (going on a plane and staying in a hotel on the other side of the world is a great incentive!). Numeracy became international, looking at ...; Created on 21 October 2011
8. A geography teacher is not a maths teacher: understanding dyscalculia: (SEN articles); Tony Attwood makes an impassioned plea for greater awareness of dyscalculia amongst teachers of all school subjects In a top ten of blindingly obvious statements, the title of my article this issue must ...; Created on 21 October 2011
9. Developing skills through the SEN curriculum: (SEN articles); ... teaching of skills into every subject. The more recent review, led by Sir Jim Rose, proposes at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 that essential skills for learning and life (which include literacy, numeracy ...; Created on 08 October 2011
10. Teaching foreign languages to pupils with SEN: (SEN articles); ... or Spanish lessons, instead of “remedial” teachers withdrawing them to individual or small-group literacy and numeracy development classes. In the early 1990s, several projects successfully piloted language ...; Created on 04 October 2011
11. Does testing for dyscalculia help?: (SEN articles); Testing for dyscalculia is not always the best way forward, especially as some schools fail to acknowledge its very existence, says Tony Attwood As part of my work with The Dyscalculia Centre, I have ...; Created on 23 September 2011
12. Practical is best in numeracy training: (SEN news); A practical approach to teaching numeracy is more effective than a purely academic system, when it comes to teaching young people and adults, says a new Ofsted report. The most effective teaching and ...; Created on 04 May 2011
13. Shocking treatment for dyscalculia: (SEN news); ... utilised standard tests for assessing mathematical abilities, including the Stroop test, which young children and those who struggle with numeracy routinely achieve low scores on. Student volunteers were ...; Created on 05 November 2010
14. Gove wields axe on education spending: (SEN news); ... one-to-one literacy and numeracy programmes, which have not been spent, will also be taken back by the Department. Mr Gove also revealed that the Department will not be extending pilot schemes for free ...; Created on 30 June 2010
15. Why are some people so poor at maths?: (SEN articles); ... causes of numeracy problems. What, then, are the solutions? Solution 1: adult education If we could somehow change the societal attitudes that tend to label an interest or ability in maths as “geeky”, ...; Created on 04 June 2010
16. The no. 1 lady: (SEN articles); ... There is no particular curriculum for pupils in such units to follow, though teachers are encouraged to teach basic literacy and numeracy skills as well as life and social skills. By African standards, ...; Created on 22 February 2010
17. Latest issue: (Static content); ... of SEN Magazine: speech language and communication play ICT home education numeracy Foster Care Fortnight peer mentoring epilepsy respite care sport all ability cycling and much ...; Created on 05 August 2009
18. About SEN Magazine: (Static content); ... Down's syndrome) mental health literacy and numeracy visual and hearing impairments behaviour teaching children with special educational needs general issues of education, care and government ...; Created on 31 July 2009

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