Listen to this morning’s interview on BBC Somerset with JKP author Richard Hanks about his new book Common SENse for the Inclusive Classroom. [Scroll through the audio file to 1:34:30 - 1:41:40 to listen.]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00b33rd

From 23/9/10:

We are pleased to announce that Richard Hanks, author of the new book, Common SENse for the Inclusive Classroom: How Teachers Can Maximise Existing Skills to Support Special Educational Needs, will be a featured guest on BBC Somerset Breakfast show on Friday, 24th September just after 8.30 AM.

Teachers, other Education Professionals, and anyone concerned with meeting the needs of students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in inclusive classrooms will want to tune in!

Richard Hanks, M.Ed. has extensive experience of working with children with special needs, and was Headteacher of two schools in Avon and Hampshire before moving on to become Head of Learning Support at a school near Bath. He is currently a member of the Independent Monitoring Board of a Young Offenders’ Institute and of the Members’ Council of Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Read this interview with Richard Hanks on the JKP Blog

Read Richard Hanks’ response to the recent Ofsted report about SEN in the UK