Child Development and Teaching Pupils with Special Educational Needs

<p>A thought-provoking book which provides a framework for understanding the physical sensory emotional social linguistic and cognitive development of children with special educational needs. It gives practitioners and students a sound grasp of the theoretical ground needed to fully understand cognitive development and will help them track children's developmental progress in order to optimise learning opportunities.</p><p>The authors handle complex topics in a highly accessible manner explaining how to put theory into practice. In three lucidly argued sections they present:</p><ul> <li>an overview of the work of key theorists and thinkers including Vygotsky Piaget Freud Erikson Bruner and the Korning theorists</li> <li>an evaluation of the educational implications of the work of each theorist using illustrative case studies</li> <li>a consideration of areas of development in learning and teaching children with special educational needs.</li> </ul><p>This book will be a beacon for teachers head teachers educational psychologists and all practitioners involved in special needs education who seek the opportunity to help empower their pupils and enhance their own understanding.</p>