The book contains a myriad of topics and themes, from learning contexts and understanding difficulties through to curriculum development and issues in teaching and learning. The overall context is one of services and families working together to ensure the best education and care possible.

Introduction Penny Lacey, Rob Ashdown, Phyllis Jones, Hazel Lawson and Michele Pipe SECTION 1: PROVISION IN ENGLAND FOR LEARNERS WITH SLD/PMLD 2. Learners with SLD and PMLD: Provision, Policy and Practice Dawn Male 3. Changing special educational needs and disability legislation and policy: Implications for learners with SLD/PMLD Christopher Robertson 4. An historical reflection on education for learners with SLD/PMLD - 1800 - 1970 David Stewart 5. Priorities, Products and Process - developments in providing a curriculum for learners with SLD and PMLD David Stewart 6. Further Education: Personalised destinations and outcomes for students with SLD/PMLD Caroline Allen, Kathrine Everett, Janet Sherborne, James Stonard, Joanne Yarlett 7. Building secure foundations in the Early Years Michele Pipe, Fiona Smith and Lesley Mycroft SECTION 2: INVOLVING STAKEHOLDERS 8. Joint working for learners with SLD/ PMLD Penny Lacey with Julian Brown, Fiona Holmes, Helen Burnford, Kate Jones and Rosie Jones 9. Working with Families: partnerships in practice Barry Carpenter & Hollie Rawson 10. Provision for Children with Severe and Profound Learning Difficulties from Ethnic Minority Families Sana Rizvi and Peter Limbrick 11. Participation, citizenship and voice Sana Rizvi and Peter Limbrick 12. Participation, citizenship and voice Hazel Lawson and Ann Fergusson with Miranda Brookes, Trudy Duffield and Anthony Skipworth 13. Training and Developing the Inclusive Teacher for Learners with SLD & PMLD Melanie Peter 14. Teachers talking about their work with learners with SLD & PMLD Michael Riley and Phyllis Jones 15. Ups and Downs: how learners with SLD/ PMLD view their school experience Elizabeth Henderson, Julia Barnes and Nicola Grove SECTION 3: PRIORITIES FOR MEETING THE PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF LEARNERS 16. Learners with Severe and Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties and Sensory Impairments Liz Hodges and Mike McLinden 17. Care as an educational concept Peter Imray and Lana Bond 18. Sex and Relationship Education David Stewart, Angela Mallett and Tom Hall 19. Physical contact experiences within the curriculum Julia Barnes and Dave Hewett 20. Challenging Behaviour and the curriculum 21. Hidden behind a label, an uneasy relationship between mental health and special needs. Ann Fergusson, Marie Howley, Rachel Allan and Richard Rose 22. Spirituality and Severe Learning Difficulties Jean Ware and Erica Brown 23. Death, Bereavement and Loss Erica Brown SECTION 4: DEVELOPING THE CURRICULUM 24. Curriculum Models, Issues and Tensions Hazel Lawson and Richard Byers with Matthew Rayner, Richard Aird and Laura Pease 25. Recognising progress - assessing outcomes for young people with SLD and PMLD Richard Byers and Ann Fergusson 26. Communication Juliet Goldbart and Jean Ware 27. Intensive Interaction: Fundamental and Early Communication Abilities Dave Hewett, Graham Firth, Lana Bond and Riana Jackson 28. Inclusive Talking: Language Learning Carolyn Anderson and Penny Lacey with Suzanne Kavanagh and Kalvinder Rai 29. The Teaching of Reading to Pupils with SLD Sarah Mosely 30. Literature and Stories in the Lives of Pupils with SLD/PMLD Nicola Grove, Jane Harwood, Elizabeth Henderson, Keith Park and Rosemary Bird 31. Using number in everyday life Jill Porter 32. Physical Education for All Learners Steve Cullingford Agnew with Nigel Carter, Anne Craddock, Chris Rollings, Barbara Dowson and Hannah Brighton SECTION 5: STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING 33. Technology Supporting Learning Chris Abbott and Ann Middleton 34. Playing to Learn or Learning to Play? Ideas on Ensuring that the Opportunity to Play is Continually Accessible for Learners with SLD/PMLD. Peter Imray and Robert Orr 35. Supporting Playfulness in Learners with SLD/PMLD: Going Beyond the Ordinary . Debby Watson and Margaret Corke 36. Creative Teaching and Learning for Learners with SLD and PMLD 37. The Learning Environment Penny Lacey with Yvonne McCall, Jodie Dunn and Lisa Watson SECTION 6: TOWARDS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF EDUCATION FOR LEARNERS WITH SLD/PMLD 38. Engaging with Research Jill Porter 39. The Way Ahead Rob Ashdown