This powerful series of practical books fully supports the SENCo and class teacher in implementing the 2014 SEND Code of Practice in order to close the gap between children with SEN and their peers.

The Target Ladders books provide an overview of the range of difficulties experienced by children with a particular SEN, enabling the busy teacher to get a better understanding of the child's learning priorities. Photocopiable materials include checklists to help you identify children who may be in need of extra help, and templates for records of progress and monitoring sheets.

Target Ladders focus on what a child can do, rather than what they cannot do, in order to identify next steps, presenting 'small steps' targets for children and suggested strategies for achieving these targets. They provide the structure and flexibility to recognise that every child is different and will follow their own pathway through the targets.

Target Ladders: Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties addresses six key aspects of BESD:

coping in the classroom, unstructured times controlling emotions taking responsibility. social interactions with peers  managing transitions.

Helpful checklists, a section on FAQs and practical advice for creating BESD-friendly classrooms make this an ideal resource for the busy teacher. Contains 96 pages, highlighting several hundred targets and comes with a CD with photocopiable material, including targets pages and Records of Progress templates.

About the authors

Marion Aust and Sue Smallwood work together in a pupil referral unit in Suffolk, where they are head and teaching deputy head, respectively. Rachel Foulger is based at the PRU and manages the outreach behaviour support service. All three authors were experienced teachers in mainstream schools before working in the PRU.About the series

About the series

The Differentiating for Inclusion: Target Ladders series is designed to narrow the gap between children with SEN and their peers. Books in this series offer teachers helpful guidance in identifying both what children can already do and what specific targets they need support in achieving. The positive approach of structured small-steps targets, together with activities for teaching these, will ensure that children with SEN make accelerated progress. The books are all written by experienced practitioners.

Series editor Kate Ruttle is a leading practitioner for inclusion and a special needs coordinator. She is the author of numerous books including Target Ladders: Dyslexia in this series.