Practical Ideas and Expert Advice To Use Pre-Diagnosis
Georgina Durrant is the founder of the award-winning The SEN Resources Blog, where she shares activities, advice and recommendations for parents and teachers of children with SEND. She is a former teacher and SENCO and hosts a podcast: SEND in the Experts with Georgina Durrant. She is highly respected for her knowledge and approachability.
The book is organised into seven sections focusing on specific areas of need and they follow a common format, that includes:
A case study
Overview of needs
What you might notice
Strategies
Resources
Activities
Further reading and support.
Durrant stresses that the book is designed to be neuro-affirming and supportive of helping neuro-divergent children in suitable ways while fostering a positive neurodivergent identity.
Topics covered are:
Speech, language and communication skills
Literacy skills
Numeracy skills
Motor skills
Emotional regulation
Concentration and organisation skills
This is a really useful, very well-structured book that is easy to navigate, packed full of information and with the use of QR codes to link to see how to do activities in practice.