Supporting children with speech and language difficulties [electronic resource] / Cathy Allenby ... [et al.].

"A David Fulton book"--cover.

1. Introduction -- 2. Inclusion in education -- 3. Flowchart : how can I help? -- 4. Attention, listening and memory skills -- 5. Attention control : development stages -- 6. General activities and strategies to develop attention and listening skills -- 7. Specific strategies to develop Attention Levels 1-5 -- 8. Processing information in the classroom -- 9. How does a child process language? -- 10. Listening skills -- 11. Activities to improve listening ability -- 12. Listening and auditory memory -- 13. Phonological awareness -- 14. Teaching phonological awareness -- 15. Comprehension of language -- 16. Problems arising from comprehension difficulties -- 17. Elements of language -- 18. General strategies to help improve language comprehension -- 19. The use of visual supports to aid understanding -- 20. Expressive language (spoken) -- 21. Problems arising from expressive language difficulties -- 22. General strategies to help improve expressive language difficulties -- 23. Specific strategies to help develop expressive language skills -- 24. Social communication difficulties in children -- 25. General strategies to help children with social communication difficulties -- 26. Specific activities : early years and key stage 1 -- 27. Specific activities : Key Stage 2 -- 28. Circle time -- 29. Activities for circle time -- 30. Citizenship through circle time -- 31. Speech acquisition -- 32. Speech difficulties -- 33. Points to note when working with children with speech and language difficulties -- 34. Classroom strategies for helping children with speech difficulties -- 35. Language in the Early Years Foundation Stage -- 36. Strategies for developing spoken language -- 37. Language and mathematics -- 38. The management of communication problems in the classroom -- 39. Pupils with speech, language and communication difficulties (SLCD) in secondary schools -- 40. Some general strategies for subject teachers -- 41. Secondary pupils with SLCD : literacy -- 42. Subject teachers supporting pupils' reading -- 43. Students with SLCD accessing the curriculum -- 44. Supporting students with organisation -- 45. Learning plans -- 46. Sample learning plans -- 47. Support staff : their effective use by teachers -- 48. Support staff : initial and ongoing considerations -- 49. Support staff : guidelines for working with pupils -- 50. Working with parents -- 51. Planning for continuing professional development (CPD) -- 52. An outline for whole-school training on SLCD -- 53. What does SLCD mean for a child? -- 54. Evaluating and following up CPD.