This is, I hope, a useful guide to special educational needs and disabilities. There are a number of audiences who I would hope will benefit from the information here, these include: special needs coordinators working within British primary and secondary schools, parents, governors, other teachers and health care specialists. There are a number of component parts of this site. These include

• A collection of books which deal with many of the topics that are relevant to special needs. This page would be of interest to both a British and international audience.
• A glossary of terms relevant to special needs. If you want to find out what a term such as 'dyslexia' means then you will find a comparatively short entry detailing this information. I have also included links to longer entries on this page. This page would be of interest to both a British and international audience. There are over a hundred terms here.
• A collection of resources and links to other Web sites. This is probably the most useful page. I have collected all that I could find on the topics relevant to this site. This part of the site references both British and international sites. So, for example, if you want to find out a lot of information on a topic such as dyslexia, epilepsy or Williams Syndrome then this is the page to head for. This page would be of interest to both a British and international audience.There are over 150 links here leading to thousands more.
• A description of the roles of the various people and agencies involved in special needs education in the United Kingdom including the special needs governor, special needs coordinator, local education authority and educational psychologist. This page is only of interest to a British audience.
• A description of the role of the special needs coordinator. I would hope that this page would be of interest to: teachers who wish to become special needs coordinators, other teachers who are interested in what their special needs colleagues do, parents who are interested in the relationship of the special needs coordinator to their children and students in higher education considering a teaching career which includes special needs support. This page is only of interest to a British audience.

I shall be updating this site regularly, if you have any comments, resources on the Web that I have missed or suggestions for improvement please email me.

 

Last updated 4 April

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