Primary Special Needs and the National Curriculum

Ann Lewis is a lecturer in Primary Education at the University of Warwick, and has taught in primary and special schools. She has-been involved extensively in the development of curricula for children with learning difficulties. She is one of the editors of Education 3-13, and a member of the Editorial Committee for Special Children.

• List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Leaming difficulties -- Potential strengths of the National Curriculum for children with learning difficulties -- The importance of collective responsibility for children with learning difficulties -- An integrated curriculum -- 2 Safeguarding a broad curriculum -- Possible limitations to a broad curriculum for children with difficulties in learning -- Responding to pressures of time -- 3 Planning for a broad curriculum -- Frameworks for planning teaching -- Curricular breadth: planning for various stages of learning and teaching -- 4 Identifying the point reached by the child -- Assessment of 'actual' or 'Potential' leaming7 -- Observation -- Child-adult conferences -- 5 Helping children to gain access to the National Curriculum: planning intermediate goals -- Analysing the task and the teacher's role -- Possible dangers in trying to sub-divide SOAs -- Planning POSs for children within l,evel 1 -- Sub-dividing POSs within key stages 1 and 2 -- 6 Helping children to gain access to the National Curriculum: changing interest levels, presentation and response modes -- Focusing on topics which match the child's interest levels -- Varying the presentation of activity -- Varying children's modes of response -- 7 Grouping of children -- Recommendations in NC documents concerning grouping of children for teaching -- Implications for practice -- A specific issue concerning grouping -- 8 Resources -- Resources: people -- Resources: materials -- 9 Record-keeping -- The National Curriculum and records of learning -- Records of learning /teaching maintained by the teacher -- Records maintained by the child -- 10 SATs and children with learning difficulties -- Summative assessment in the National Curriculum -- Publication of reported assessments -- Carrying out SA Ts with children with learning difficulties -- 11 Formal modifications and disapplications of the National Curriculum -- Procedures for formally modifying or disapplying the National Curriculum -- Parents' rights concerning formal disapplications and modifications -- 12 Conclusion: a glimpse ahead -- References -- Name index -- Subject index.