Table of Contents

PART I THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICAL CONTEXTS

1: THE SPECIAL AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL CONTINUUM: UNDERSTANDING SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND APPROACHES TO PRACTICE - Kate Carr-Fanning and Helen Curran

2: THE SPECIAL AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL CONTINUUM: TRANSLATING THEORY INTO POLICY AND PRACTICE - Helen Curran and Kate Carr-Fanning

3: BRONFENBRENNER AND UNIVERSAL DESIGN: A TALE OF TWO THEORIES FOR INCLUSION - Mary Quirke, Ke Ren and Conor Mc Guckin

4: MIGRANT CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS: DYNAMIC AND COMPLEX ECOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE - Clara Rübner Jo⁄rgensen and Graeme Dobson


PART II SPECIFIC AREAS OF NEED

5: AUTISM AND INCLUSIVE PRACTICE - Rachael Davis, Margaret Laurie and Laura Crane

6: UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS - Kate Carr-Fanning

7: SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN THE CLASSROOM: EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH - Patrycja J. Piotrowska and Richard Rowe

8: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INCLUDING LEARNERS WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER - Kate Carr-Fanning

9: DYSLEXIA: RECOGNITION OF NEEDS AND OVERCOMING LITERACY BARRIERS THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES - Georgia Niolaki, Aris Terzopoulos, Jennifer Donovan and Jackie Masterson

10: WHY ARE CIRCLES SO SMART? BECAUSE THEY HAVE 360 DEGREES! - Donna-Lynn Shepherd


PART III PHYSICAL AND SENSORY NEEDS

11: DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER: ‘I’M FALLING… THROUGH THE CRACKS’ - Tanya Rihtman and Susan Allen

12: PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS - Vassilios Papadimitriou and Ayse Dolunay Sarica

13: AUDITORY PROCESSING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LEARNERS: ‘MY EARS WORK FINE, IT IS THE WAY I PROCESS SOUND’ - Carmel Capewell


PART IV BILINGUALISM AND EXCEPTIONAL COGNITIVE ABILITIES 

14: BILINGUALISM, SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCES - Aris Terzopoulos, Georgia Niolaki and Jackie Masterson

15: WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO GIVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF EXCEPTIONAL COGNITIVE ABILITY - Lyn Kendall