Teaching Pupils with Severe and Complex Difficulties: Back to First Principles

In response to the growing demand for fully inclusive education, this volume explores the principles that should guide teachers in meeting the educational needs of pupils with severe learning difficulties and relates these to effective classroom approaches. It examines the special needs of these pupils from the inside out, so that teachers understand the "why" as well as the "how" of education. It also examines issues of behaviour and punishment, offering positive and appropriate methods of dealing with classroom disruption. The author returns to first principles to show that the basics of teaching and education remain constant, no matter what the difficulties of the individual pupil might be, and that these basic principles are vital to planning IEP's (individual education programmes).