'[This book] will be useful for all those working with young children. There is helpful advice on how to encourage children towards the next stage of achievement in the areas of personal, social and emotional development, communication, language and literacy and physical development, as well as ways to improve turn-taking and other behaviours...A thorough resource for practitioners in early years, particularly for those working with pre-school children' - Special 'The wealth of examples and practical resources, the accessible style and the clear presentation make this an invaluable aid to helping early years practitioners feel comfortable with their responsibilities for promoting positive outcomes for all the children in their setting' - Early Years Update 'Clear layout with helpful strategies and ideas on early recognistion. CD has great proformas to use. I have now brought all 5 books in the Hand On Guide series and they all have not disappointed me in their presentations or practical ideas' - Amazon Customer Review '[This book is] essential reading for all early years students and practitioners' - Early Years Educator 'This book provides a clear and practical overview of approaches to identifying children's difficulties in the early years and meeting their needs in a systematic way' - SENCO Update

May be too basic for some students but this book will help students who did not have any special needs knowledge in EY settings.

Dr Mioka Matsuda, School of Care, Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education

Fantastic - and the CDrom has been overused. Great book with handouts for my students

Miss Fay Armstrong, Health and Enterprise, Newcastle College

A great text for exploring this topic, particularly from a practitioner's perspective.

Miss Jessica Clark, Early Childhood Studies, University Campus Suffolk

contains useful, relevant information to support the sessions.

Miss Lisa Holland, Education , Tameside College

A very useful book which I did recommend for our students on the health and Well-being module which was a core module for our ECS degree. This module has now closed but the book has been transferred to another module which is also core for our second year course

Mrs Elizabeth Coates, Warwick Institute of Education, Warwick University

This is a practical and useful book which is extremely helpful to all those working in early years. It addresses how special needs can be identified and supported across different areas of provision and suggests practical ways of supporting children with special needs. The CD Rom provides an alternative means of accessing the material, which should appeal to all types of learners.

Mrs Patricia Shaw, Institute for Learning, Hull University

A practical guide for practitioners and students in supporting children with special needs. Some useful proformas for observations and strategies for support.

Mrs Sally Spruce, Education, University of the West of England, Bristol

Bright, colourful book. Eyecatching. Great accompanying disc

Mrs Wendy Fish, Department of Law, Justice and Community Studies, University Centre at Blackburn College

This book is a really useful guide to recognising children with special needs in early years. The summaries of expectations at each major developmental stage in the main areas; communication, language and literacy, physical development, and personal, social and emotional development, along with suggestions for themed observations, provide good starting points to this process. Chapter 7 provides helpful guidance about how to analyse themed observations once completed, and the final chapter described the 'graduated response' to making additional provision for children who need it. Throughout, the 'points for practice' encourage a reflective and inclusive approach.

Ms Tracey Martin, Faculty of Society and Health, Bucks New University

This is an excellent resource to support the early years foundation degree. It is packed with practical ideas for practitioners to use and adapt within their settings and with the children they work with. It also includes a DVD with photocopiable worksheets etc. Highly recommended.

Sasha Pleasance, Care & Learning Opportunities, South Devon College