Adaptive Teaching - by Andrew Young (Paperback)

About the Book

Adaptive Teaching offers a grounded, compassionate guide to inclusive education. Based on a highly successful CPD programme, it is a thoughtful guide for teachers and school leaders who wish to learn more about SEND and gain sensible advice on how to teach inclusively by working smarter, not hard

Book Synopsis

Adaptive Teaching offers a grounded, compassionate guide to inclusive education. Based on a highly successful CPD program, it is a thoughtful guide for teachers and school leaders who wish to learn more about special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and gain sensible advice on how to teach inclusively by working smarter, not harder.

By focusing less on labels and more on cognitive load, executive functioning and working memory and communication, the reader is equipped to cater for the needs of pupils with SEND in much more productive and sensitive ways. Rather than seeing the children as the barrier, this approach encourages teachers to understand the barriers that they are faced with, and this shift in perspective makes adaptive teaching feel achievable and transformative. Structured around four key areas (culture, brains, teaching and curriculum), this book connects theory to practice with clarity and purpose.

Adaptive teaching is not about adding more to a teacher's workload. It's about refining what we already know works, using pragmatic teaching and learning strategies and pupil-centered practice with greater care and intentionality. It means teaching to the margins and enabling pupils with additional needs to flourish, feeling a part of (rather than outside) our classroom culture.

Suitable for teachers and school leaders working in mainstream education, as well as special school or alternative provision staff.

Review Quotes

This is a terrific book. The author enables a step change in our discussions about adaptive teaching; it's so important to consider inclusive practice in context and connect teacher behaviours to the inclusive culture of every classroom. Great diagrams and succinct explanations will help teachers to apply the strategies and the principles so sharply articulated here. This is a book that busy teachers can access easily and use to build on current expertise rapidly enhancing their inclusive practice to meet diverse needs.

--Margaret Mulholland, SEN and inclusion specialist at the association of Schools and Colleges

About the Author

Andrew Youngis a teacher of social sciences and Co-Director of the Pathfinder Teaching School Hub (TSH). He leads the design, delivery, and oversight of professional development programs across North Yorkshire, Northern England. He also manages the TSH Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programs in partnership with York St John University, training around 50 new teachers each year. Andrew secured Department for Education (DfE) approval for the Teaching School Hub's Adaptive Teaching CPD program and has since worked with hundreds of staff and schools to foster inclusive classroom environments.