Michael is a regular contributor several magazines and newspapers, including Special Children, 5to7Educator, SEN Magazine, and the Bangkok Post (Learning Post section), and has had articles published in Primary First, The Teacher, and Speech and Language Therapists' Bulletin, among others.
To read some of Michael's articles click the links below.
| Date |
Magazine/Newspaper |
Article Title |
Description |
| 2004 |
| July |
Special Children |
'Understanding Science' |
Helping children to understand complex ideas, using stories and displays. |
| November |
Special Children |
'Here's one you've heard before' |
How to help children with language learning needs get the most from storytime. |
| 2005 |
| March |
Special Children |
'Record and Play' |
Developing children's speaking, listening and narrative skills through audiotapes. |
| 2006 |
| October |
Bangkok Post |
'Intensive interaction in action' |
Communicating with children with autism. |
| November |
Special Children |
'Linking reading and spelling' |
Exploring Lexion software for children with reading and spelling difficulties. |
| 2007 |
| January |
Special Children |
'Targeting Talk' |
Are primary schools paying enough attention to speaking and listening? |
| January |
Bangkok Post |
'When children can't speak' |
How to help children who are anxious about speaking or have selective mutism. |
| March |
Bangkok Post |
'A Wink of Sleep' |
Ways of helping young children settle down for a good night's sleep. |
| March |
Special Children |
'Journey's End' |
The long and complex journey taken by parents in North Wales to secure provision for their children with ASD. |
| May |
Primary First |
'Reinventing Story Time' |
An argument for having a daily story session in primary school classes. |
| June |
Bangkok Post |
'Making apple pie out of pineapple' |
Developing children's language and understanding through fun stories. |
| September |
Special Children |
And so to Sleep |
Helping children achieve wellbeing through promoting healthy sleep patterns. |
| October/ November |
Special Children |
'Sharing experiences sharing stories' |
Article about storytelling to develop language and communication in young people with severe learning needs. |
| 2008 |
| January |
British Association of Teachers of the Deaf Magazine |
'Learning with Lexion' |
Supporting children with a history of glue ear and later reading and spelling difficulties. |
| January |
Special Children |
Live and Let Die |
A discussion of the needs of children and young people with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions, and how to support schools. |
| January |
Special Children |
Rules of Engagement |
'Golden Rules' for how adults should behave in a west London special school that have radicalised communication. |
| January |
Special Children |
Inclusion in Norfolk |
Building truly inclusive schools in Norfolk. |
| February |
Child Education |
'Dealing with death' |
Advice for schools on coping with the death of a pupil. |
| March |
Journal of Assistive Technologies |
Developing skills, confidence, motivation and independence in reading and spelling: using Lexion interactive software at home |
How parents feel about their children's reading and spelling needs, and how they can be supported at home. |
| March |
Special Children |
Addressing the E in EBD |
Innovative work in Denbighshire, North Wales with children and teenagers with emotional needs. |
| March |
Special Children |
Autism and Me |
Rory Hoy, award winning author, film-maker and recording artist, about life with autism. |
| May |
Special Children |
Reducing 'challenging' behaviour, by promoting wellbeing |
How children and adults with severe learning difficulties can be helped to develop positive behaviour by promoting a sense of wellbeing. Based on an interview with Dr Dave Hewett. |
| May |
Special Children |
Storytelling for Inclusion |
Speech and Language Therapist and storyteller Louise Coigley and her work in special schools. |
| May |
Special Children |
Once Upon a Time |
Teacher Nick Wonham and how he developed 'Choose and Tell' interactive software. |
| August |
Special Children |
Valuing Extra-curricular Activities |
How The Clare Special school in Norwich has made vocational activities central to the curriculum. |
| August |
Special Children |
A Soft Touch? |
Using massage and 'positive touch' to reduce aggression in an SEBD school. |
| October |
Special Children |
Kick Start Communication |
Two pieces of action research exploring how interactive software can be used at home to support and influence learning and communication at school. |
| October |
Special Children |
The Point of Connection |
Storyteller Keith Park and his innovative work in special schools and beyond |
| 2009 |
| Feb/March |
Special Children |
Cue Response |
Description of the Government's 'Every Child a Talker' initiative for tackling language impoverishment in children 0-4 years. |
| April/May |
Special Children |
There is an Alternative |
How families with children with additional learning needs are educating their children at home. |
| June/July |
Special Children |
Signing Success |
Does signing with your baby help? A review of the debate and details of how signing is used successfully with young children in a Children's Centre. |
| Aug/Sept |
Special Children |
Look at Me! |
An interview with Dr Nigel Mellor, on attention-seeking behaviour in children and young people. |
| October |
Early Years Educator |
Make every child a talker |
A description of the Every Child a Talker programme. |
| October |
Special Children |
Lost for words |
How does stammering develop in young children, and what can be done to help? |
| December |
Special Children |
Tales from the other side |
Children in a special school and a mainstream school sharing personal anecdotes, making a big impact on their language and social development. |