Solutions Focused Special Education: Practical and Inclusive Strategies for All

The Nile on eBay   Solutions Focused Special Education by Nicholas Burnett, Geoffrey James, Kathy Brown, Tiina Itkonen, Neil Birch, Drew Allison, Jenny Cole, Lee Shilts, Michael Doneman, Andrew Turnell

Drawing on the work of diverse innovative educators, this text shows how adopting a solutions focused approach offers constructive ways forward. Chapters on teaching and learning, behaviour support, human resources, school leadership and family and community explore how this can be transformative for all aspects of special and inclusive education.

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Drawing on the work of innovative educators, this edited volume shows how adopting a solutions focused approach can offer new constructive ways forward for special education. Diverse international contributors from both the world of special education and solutions focused thinking, offer ways to rethink special education and to focus on what can be done rather than what can't. Each chapter offers insights into how solutions focused thinking can reframe special education and the tangible results for children, families and schools.Chapters on teaching and learning, behaviour support, human resources, school leadership and family and community show how a solutions focused approach can be transformative for all aspects of special and inclusive education.

Author Biography

Nick Burnett is an education and learning entrepreneur, author, facilitator, presenter and coach. He has been a teacher and school principal and since 2004 has worked globally as a training consultant.

Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. 1. SFSE System Philosophy and Practices for a System that Works. 2. Solutions Focused Special Education Leadership. 3. Diagnoses or Solutions - Different Pathways for Supporting Students with Diverse Learning Needs. 4. Solutions Focused Special Education Human Resources. 5. Solutions Focused Special Education Teaching and Learning Process. 6. Solutions Focused Special Education Behaviour Support. 7. Solutions Focused Partnerships with Family and Community. 8. Conclusion.

Review

This book provides a useful precis of some ways to employ the insights from solution-focused brief therapy within the context of special education. It draws on methods applied in several different countries and applied by well-known practitioners in the field. The contents are clearly presented and easy to follow. The emphasis on SF coaching is especially valuable for the UK at this time. I would recommend a copy of this book to every team working with those with special needs. -- Dr Alasdair J Macdonald, Consultant Psychiatrist and Family Therapist (retired)This book is a much needed resource to support educators to move beyond the traditional special education model and consider 'practice-based evidence' to support future policy and practice. The chapters present a unique blend of research and stories from the field that will support new ways of thinking for teachers and school principals working in special and mainstream schools. -- Suzanne Carrington, Professor and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia

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The first book to apply solutions focused thinking to transform special education

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Drawing on the work of innovative educators, this edited volume shows how adopting a solutions focused approach can offer new constructive ways forward for special education. Diverse international contributors from both the world of special education and solutions focused thinking, offer ways to rethink special education and to focus on what can be done rather than what can't. Each chapter offers insights into how solutions focused thinking can reframe special education and the tangible results for children, families and schools. Chapters on teaching and learning, behaviour support, human resources, school leadership and family and community show how a solutions focused approach can be transformative for all aspects of special and inclusive education. Market: Educational professionals including teachers, head teachers and SENCOs in both special education and mainstream schools, policy makers and education administrators, residential care staff and children's social workers.

Review Text

'This book provides a useful precis of some ways to employ the insights from solution-focused brief therapy within the context of special education. It draws on methods applied in several different countries and applied by well-known practitioners in the field. The contents are clearly presented and easy to follow. The emphasis on SF coaching is especially valuable for the UK at this time. I would recommend a copy of this book to every team working with those with special needs.' - Dr Alasdair J Macdonald, Consultant Psychiatrist and Family Therapist (retired) 'This book is a much needed resource to support educators to move beyond the traditional special education model and consider 'practice-based evidence' to support future policy and practice. The chapters present a unique blend of research and stories from the field that will support new ways of thinking for teachers and school principals working in special and mainstream schools.' - Suzanne Carrington, Professor and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia

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This book provides a useful precis of some ways to employ the insights from solution-focused brief therapy within the context of special education. It draws on methods applied in several different countries and applied by well-known practitioners in the field. The contents are clearly presented and easy to follow. The emphasis on SF coaching is especially valuable for the UK at this time. I would recommend a copy of this book to every team working with those with special needs.

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The first book to apply solutions focused thinking to transform special education

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The first book on solutions focused approach to special education

Details ISBN178592527X ISBN-10 178592527X ISBN-13 9781785925276 Format Paperback Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers Year 2019 Pages 264 Imprint Jessica Kingsley Publishers Subtitle Practical and Inclusive Strategies for All Educators Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Nicholas Burnett DEWEY 371.9 Short Title Solutions Focused Special Education Language English Publication Date 2019-05-21 UK Release Date 2019-05-21 NZ Release Date 2019-05-21 Author Andrew Turnell Audience Educational: Primary & Secondary AU Release Date 2019-05-14 We've got this

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