About the Book Completely revised and updated in light of the new SEND 2014 Code of Practice, this new edition describes the different types of difficulties experienced by pupils with speech, language and communication needs. It will help teachers and other professionals to feel more confident by providing expert guidance and practical strategies, and as a professional development tool, will…
About the Book Children, Film and Literacy examines children's engagements with film and how these engagements impact on their developing literacy, identity and textual productions. Review : "Becky Parry's book makes an important case for the interrelationships between children's lived cultures, their experiences of film, and their emerging literacies. The argument is wide ranging, acr…
About the Book The universalist view that acquisition of phonology is guided by universal principles has been the dominant position for decades. More recently, an alternative view has brought into focus the relationship between developmental markedness and language-specific input frequencies. With entirely original chapters on non-ambient-like productions by typically and atypically developi…
About the Book This book will help you to understand what works for the growing brain, and (even more important) what doesn't! It is more and more evident that HOW children learn is much more important then WHAT they learn. Babies are born with a drive to learn, but as babies become children this drive can falter. What are the keys to keeping the momentum going, so children are ready for…