Key issues for teaching assistants : working in diverse and inclusive classrooms / [edited by] Gill Richards and Felicity Armstrong

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction / Gill Richards and Felicity Armstrong -- Inclusive education / Felicity Armstrong -- Listening to learners : whose voice counts? / Gill Richards -- Supporting traveller children / Ken Marks and Margaret Wood -- Not in my image--ethnic diversity in the classroom / Raphael Richards -- The influence of gender on achievement / Steve Bartlett and Diana Burton -- The inclusion assistant. Young people with high level support needs in mainstream schools, colleges and universities : developing good practice / Micheline Mason -- I'm a TA not a PA! Teaching assistants working with teachers / Vicki Anderson and Maggie Finney -- Inclusive relationships : insights from teaching assistants on how schools can reach parents / Michele Moore -- A new role for special schools? / Gill Richards -- Inclusion, extension and enrichment : personalised gifted and talented provision / Martyn Worrall and Joanne Steele -- How schools create challenging behaviours / Joe Whittaker and Navin Kikabhai -- Bullying in schools--or bullying schools? / Neil Duncan -- Disabled children, inclusion and the law in England and Wales / David Ruebain -- Social justice, human rights and inclusive cducation / Len Barton