ABSTRACT
This book focuses on encouraging staff to see learning support assistants as a positive resource that should be used consistently to meet children's needs. The book examines authors and professionals, including the new occupants of the Department for Education and Employment, who have added their valuable and positive contributions to this increasingly important aspect of educational practice. This has widened the debate and discourse about the most effective ways of managing, supporting and training learning support assistants in their valuable and indispensable contribution to the work of schools. These schools are seeking to offer the best possible learning opportunities for their children and students. The book talks about real examples offered by assistants in describing their classroom work, and focuses on inclusive practices in primary schools. The book presents an activity that is aimed at providing staff development and training for teachers in managing assistants in their classrooms.
