Very Special Maths Practical guidance for the teaching of mathematics in special schools

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Les Staves is an independent consultant in the teaching and learning of maths for SLD and PLD students. Les has written special maths needs materials and provided training for the National Numeracy Strategy. His first book covers the subject of: "Mathematics for Children with Severe and Profound Learning Difficulties" (David Fulton Press) New Material - Autumn 2007: Les now offers training and workshops on the Revised Numeracy Framework. This includes an insightful interpretation of the new Framework in relation to the P Scale levels of attainment. This website contains articles and information about how Very Special Maths can help your school improve the quality of its delivery of mathematics for pupils of all ages who are working towards Level 1 of the National Curriculum across the range of P Levels 1 to 8. In these pages you can find out more about -- Les Staves himself and also a synopsis of his first Book along with a review from the Times Educational Suplement. There's a description of the Training Courses and the corresponding charges that are offered by Very Special Maths and in addition there's some comments from the delegates at previous courses. You can read some of the Articles written by Les and in addition download some of the Papers and Related Materials. A useful set of related Links will lead you to many more websites and resources. Also you can email Les Staves and the Very Special Maths team though the Contact page