Welcome to the Special Needs pages.
Look at the Special Needs ideas and resources listed below,
or browse around the other sections on More Teaching Ideas using the bar above.

General Special Needs Ideas:

• Helping with Copying - A way of helping children to copy information from the board.
• More Help with Copying - Use these tips to help children copy information from the class whiteboard.
• Exploring Books Together - An enjoyable way of supporting children with their reading.
• Good Design / Bad Design - An engaging project which involves analysing the accessibility of the school.
• Alphabet Frieze - Make an alphabet frieze to help children to remember their letters when writing.
• Tips and Tricks - A selection of practical tips for supporting children with additional needs.

Autism:

• The Autistic Pupil in your Classroom - A collection of ideas, experience and advice (in PDF) relevant for those with an autistic pupil in their class. Contributed by Jane Jackson.
• More ASD Ideas - Monique has shared some of her own ideas, based on Jane's PDF document above.
• Sentence Pyramid - A visual teaching aid for supporting sentence construction. Contributed by Pam Sickelmore.
• Visual Sequences - A worksheet which encourages children to think about the order of events. Contributed by Pam Sickelmore.
• Adjectives Sheet - A worksheet which encourages children to improve their descriptions by adding adjectives. Contributed by Pam Sickelmore.
• Triad of Impairments - Useful information for those working with autistic pupils. Contributed by Pam Sickelmore.
• Relaxation and the Autistic Child - Lots of ideas and activities to help your autistic pupils relax. Contributed by Pam Sickelmore.

Dyspraxia:

• Dyspraxia Presentation - Not really a resource for use in the classroom - this file is a Powerpoint presentation which gives information about dyspraxia. Contributed by Tina Godden.

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Links to other sites:

• SEN Teacher - A large set of resources for those involved in teaching children with special needs.
• nasen - nasen is the leading organisation in the UK which aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special and additional support needs.
• SEN Whiteboard - A useful resource to support SEN children throughout all lessons.
• Teaching Special Kids - An interesting article from Education World, which includes links to a huge number of resources.

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