Now with newly updated information sheets, SNAP-SpLD ...

- gives 'core' and 'expanded' profiles across 24 specific learning difficulties and related factors, including self-esteem;

- helps to identify clusters of problems and pinpoint the core features of a pupil's difficulties;

- generates information sheets which can be age-related and more fully personalised to the individual pupil, helping to strengthen home and teacher support;

- points the way to the most appropriate teaching and/or specialist provision;

- the 'compare' facility helps to monitor progress and evaluate the effectiveness of any intervention;

- is user-friendly, systematic and comprehensive.

SNAP-SpLD is designed for use by special needs coordinators, learning support and specialist teachers in primary and secondary schools, and in SEN support services, special schools and dyslexia/SEN assessment centres.

SNAP-SpLD involves four steps:

Step 1 (Pupil Assessment Pack): structured questionnaires completed by the class teacher(s) and parents give an initial 'outline map' of the pupil's difficulties.
Step 2 (CD-ROM): the questionnaire responses are collated onto the CD-ROM.
Step 3 (User's Handbook): the photocopiable resource bank of quick diagnostic 'probes' helps give a fuller understanding of specific problem areas.
Step 4 (CD-ROM): the computer-generated profile gives a textured overview of the pupil's difficulties plus specific suggestions for support in school and at home (including personalised information sheets for parents) and resources for practical follow-up.

This CD-ROM is designed for use in conjunction with the Version 3 SNAP-SpLD User's Handbook and Pupil Assessment Pack (questionnaires), available separately.

For more information, visit www.SNAPassessment.com

This book is part of a book series called Snap .

This book was published 2012 by Hodder Education .

The Right Reverend Gavin Reid OBE is one of the Church of England's best-known communicators and authors. He has been Bishop of Maidstone between 1992 and 2000, retiring in the millennium year to concentrate on writing and a ministry promoting evangelism among children.