Meeting the Needs of Students with Diverse Backgrounds

Rosemary Sage is Professor of Education at the College of Teachers based at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK, and Consultant Education Advisor to the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Medical Deanery, UK.

'This book poses questions for all professionals in the Children's Workforce and Extended Provision, including those supporting special and behavioural needs such as teachers and mentors . Moving personal accounts by vulnerable children, young people and families allow unique insights into the challenges they face. Professor Rosemary Sage directly addresses support strategies for 'low achievers' that are more than just effective but enable them to shine - and contribute to society their many special gifts.' Jennifer Rogers, Associate Professor of Education, Liverpool Hope University, UK

• 1. Narrating the stories of others. Rosemary Sage \ 2. Inclusion from exclusion: cultures and communities seen through the eyes of a Muslim. Yaasmin Murbarak \ 3. Diversity versus adversity: included or excluded? Diane Macarthur \ 4. 'Now he has a label we can cope': Parent perceptions of ADHD. Lynne Kendall \ 5. Working with diversity: experiences of a teacher. Gill Dixon \ 6. The diverse and changing roles of teaching assistants: supporting diversity in schools. Christine Bold \ 7. My diverse and very modern family. Julie Crofts \ 8: Issues for living and working in a foreign culture: discussions with Miki Nishimori. Rosemary Sage \ 9. A call to arms: developing students with diverse backgrounds through service learning. John Patterson and Alison Patterson \ 10: The role of charities in supporting diversity and inclusion: the Selective Mutism Information and Research Association (SMIRA). Alice Sluckin and Lindsay Whittingham \ 11. International perspectives regarding inclusion: comparing Cyprus and the UK. Panayiota Christodoulidou \ 12. Succeeding in diversity. Rosemary Sage \ Appendix 1: Religious diversity \ Appendix 2: Terms used for minority ethnic communities \ Appendix 3: Examples of how people are named \ Appendix 4: Families and diversity \ Appendix 5: Glossary of disability and social exclusion