The SENCo Handbook: Leading and Managing a Whole School Approach 7th Edition

This seventh edition of the best-selling The SENCo Handbook has been updated to reflect the impact that the implementation of the SEND Code of Practice (DfE/DoH 2015) has had on policy and practice in schools and for SENCos. It provides vital information on statutory requirements, practical approaches to the SENCo role and responsibilities and perceptive analysis of issues relevant to all schools, Early Years settings and colleges. Debate and discussion of the different aspects of the SENCo role reveals how it has changed and will change. Written in an accessible and informative format, with numerous examples of good practice, this book will help all SENCos, headteachers and school leaders to create and implement effective whole school policies for special educational needs.
Key topics include

leading and managing change in SEND policy and practice

developing whole school approaches to policy and practice for SEND

building capacity of class and subject teachers to meet the needs of all pupils

managing and leading the assess, plan, do, review response to those identified with additional needs

leading on the deployment and management of support staff