Sally Franklin Knihy

As the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) grows in importance, its associated security risks to individuals, hospitals, and data become increasingly evident. In this exploration, cybersecurity expert Matthew Webster, with over 25 years of IT and information security experience, delves into the health benefits of IoMT alongside the security challenges they pose. He outlines essential steps for protecting yourself, your organization, and patients from potential harm. The book highlights how high barriers to safeguarding connected medical devices can hinder lifesaving innovations that have the potential to transform healthcare and disease treatment. It emphasizes the urgent need for change within the healthcare industry while balancing this with regulatory requirements that safeguard patient data and health. Targeted at medical device researchers, manufacturers, business leaders, cybersecurity professionals, healthcare providers, and system administrators, the book provides crucial insights into patient privacy, cybersecurity, and IoMT. Key topics include the expansion of the medical device industry, the risks associated with the demand for IoMT devices, the regulatory landscape, and strategies for protecting health data from common threats. It also discusses how various cybersecurity disciplines can empower hospitals and organizations to defend against cybercriminals and nation-state threats.

Inclusion conjures images of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) learning in classes alongside peers in a mainstream school. For pupils in the UK with high-level SEND, who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (formerly a Statement), this implies an everyday educational experience similar to that of their typically-developing classmates. Yet in vital respects, they are worlds apart. Based on the UK's largest observation study of pupils with high-level SEND, The Inclusion Illusion exposes how attendance at a mainstream school is no guarantee of receiving a mainstream education. Observations of nearly 1,500 lessons in English schools show that their everyday experience of school is characterised by separation and segregation. Furthermore, interviews with nearly 500 pupils, parents and school staff reveal the effect of this marginalisation on the quality of their education. The way schools are organised and how classrooms are composed creates a form of 'structural exclusion' that preserves mainstream education for typically-developing pupils and justifies a diluted pedagogical offer for pupils with high-level SEND. Policymakers, not mainstream schools, are indicted over this state of affairs. This book prompts questions about what we think inclusion is and what it looks like. Ultimately, it suggests why a more authentic form of inclusion is needed, and how it might be achieved

Drawing on the lessons from one of the world's leading research and development efforts involving teaching assistants (TAs), this book is the authors' most authoritative text yet on how to design a whole school plan to improve TAs' deployment, practice and preparedness, and put it into action. The authors use robust theories and original research to explore an innovative and integrated approach to making the most of TAs, and recognising the valuable contributions they make to the classroom and the school. Structured around a unique and empirically sound conceptual framework, this book provides essential principles, practical tools and workable strategies, developed through collaboration with hundreds of UK schools. It focuses on ensuring TAs can thrive in their role, and presents the tools and techniques needed to do so accessibly, and is illustrated with case studies on school and classroom practices. Essential reading for all primary school leaders and SENCOs responsible for training and managing TAs, this book is also a useful resource for teachers and teaching assistants looking to optimise the TAs' contributions. Used in combination with The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Effective Interaction, Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants in Primary Schools is a comprehensive and unrivalled guide to supporting school workforce improvement.