Punt and Dennis Instant Library - Softcover

Punt, Steve; Dennis, Hugh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857021630 ISBN 13: 9781857021639

Publisher: Fourth Estate, 1993

Synopsis

Brings readers a wealth of utterly useless information, by the creators of the "Milky Milky" man who will have their own show on television in early 1994. The book includes such features as "Elvis Shot John Lennon!: Freemasonry's Hidden Agenda" and "A Nice Sit-Down With Some Horrific Murderers".

About this title

Review

'This is a comprehensive guide that covers many of the facets of special educational needs...Each section contains a collection of essays and includes work from many prominent names in the field of special education'
-Claire O'Keeffe, Special Children

'It includes some interesting individual chapters that will be of particular interest to SENCOs undertaking postgraduate studies, and it is good to see contributions from acknowledges experts in a range of disciplines'
-SENCO Update

'This book is timely. I hope that it will be very widely read' -
Mary Warnock

'I had a read of the sample chapter and it is very good. It is great to see proper evidence based work in our field and not just conjecture. I was also interested to read the comparison with the Scottish experience'
John McKendrick, Barrister

'Due to its organisation and succinctness, it would be of interest to all wanting to explore SEN a little further'
-SNIP

'Edited by two experts in the field of special educational needs, Lindsay Peer and Gavin Reid, this book makes an immediate impact as being worth reading'
-REACH

'It truly is a multidisciplinary publication, which addresses the complexities and vagaries that exist within the educational system'
British Journal of Occupational Therapy'
'This is an excellent reference source for all of those working to support children with additional needs, whether at home, in school or in hospital' (Ian Mcculloch Journal of Mental Health 2013-01-23)

About the Author

Dr. Gavin Reid is a consultant to the Centre for Child Evaluation and Teaching (CCET) based in Kuwait. He is also educational psychologist to REACH Learning Center in North Vancouver, Canada and a director and consultant to the Red Rose School for children with specific learning difficulties in St. Annes on Sea, Lancashire. He was a senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies, Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh from 1991-2007. He has made over 600 conference and seminar presentations in over 45 countries including Norway, Denmark, Germany, United States, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Iceland, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Estonia, Greece, Austria, Slovenia, Israel, Egypt, Gambia, Canada, Dubai, Kuwait and Hungary. He currently 21 books in print in the area of teacher education in the field of dyslexia, literacy learning styles and motivation and wrote and developed the first Masters course in Specific Learning Difficulties in the UK in 1993. Many of his books are used as course texts in courses throughout the UK and in many other countries. These include: Dyslexia: A Practitioners Handbook (Wiley 1998, 2003), Dyslexia: A Complete Guide for Parents (2004), Dyslexia and Inclusion (2005) and Learning Styles and Inclusion (2005). Some of his books have been translated into Arabic, Polish, Italian and Greek. He is co-author of a computer aided diagnostic assessment and profiling procedures (Special Needs Assessment Profile –SNAP) which has received three national award commendations and was winner of the Special Needs Category at the NASEN/TES book awards in Birmingham, UK in March 2006. He has been invited to be external examiner at fifteen universities world wide for PhD candidates and masters courses. He was a member of the British Dyslexia Association Teacher Training Accreditation Board from 1996-2007 and was also overseas patron for the Learning and Behaviour Charitable Trust in New Zealand. He is the international consultant for the Canadian Academy of Therapeutic Tutors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857021630
• ISBN 13: 9781857021639
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192