Start Listening A and B are excellent for those pupils with poor auditory and concentration skills. The differentiated tasks suit a range of abilities. The activities are carefully structured, enabling those who find listening difficult to develop their confidence and listening skills. This book uses sentences and stories to focus on auditory memory. A further book is available: book A involves colouring and drawing to instruction, and identifying whether or not sentences are reasonable. Previously sold through Easylearn.

Start Listening A and B are excellent for those pupils with poor auditory and concentration skills. The differentiated tasks suit a range of abilities. The activities are carefully structured, enabling those who find listening difficult to develop their confidence and listening skills. This book involves colouring and drawing to instruction, and identifying whether or not sentences are reasonable. A further book is available: book B uses sentences and stories to focus on auditory memory. Previously sold through Easylearn.

Now and next boards helps pupils with SEN and behavioural difficulties to focus on what they should be doing in the instant, and what will be happening next. This is a very supportive strategy as it breaks the day down into simple stages and helps to alleviate anxiety. Simply attach a piece of velcro to the now and next areas. Symbols for lessons and transitions can be laminated and used to velcro to the board.

The Three Little Pigs themed colourful semantics. The cards help struggling speakers and writers to retell a familiar tale, giving them more confidence when they write. Colourful semantics is an approach created by Alison Bryan. It is a great way to support children who struggle to write independently. Colourful Semantics helps children to: •Develop a wider vocabulary •Make sentences longer •Develop use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives •Improve story telling skills The colour scheme relates to the types of words in a sentence: Who? (noun) Doing? (verb) What? (object) Where? (location). Children use the strips included to help them structure their own sentences. This pack contains fairy tale specific vocabulary, including: 4 who - noun/person cards 9 doing - verb cards 9 what - noun/object cards 4 where - noun/place cards

Talkabout Pictures encourages pupils with poor listening skills to listen attentively. It is particularly helpful for those with poor expressive speech, poor receptive language or poor reasoning skills. This resource is extremely flexible: it can be used on a computer screen or interactive whiteboard, or to print out copies of the pictures. Talkabout Pictures is suitable for whole class, group and pair work and can be used by a wide age-range. There are 20 full-colour, detailed pictures and a comprehensive ‘booklet’ with questions. One further set with different pictures is available. Previously sold through Easylearn.

This pack will help you start and develop Lego Therapy in your setting. Lego therapy resources are a type of intervention used to help children with communication, social, and emotional difficulties. Lego therapy is based on the principles of play therapy and uses Lego bricks and other building materials to help children develop social, communication, problem-solving, and other skills. Lego therapy encourages collaboration and cooperation between children, as well as creative problem-solving and decision-making. It helps them develop their self-esteem, as well as their ability to think abstractly and express their thoughts and feelings. Lego therapy can be used with children of all ages, including those with autism and other special needs. Bundle Includes: Rationale and how to start Lego Therapy Lego Therapy Roles Ideas for creating models Lego Therapy Makaton Vocabulary Lego Club Rules & Roles

This is a SENCO survival kit to help to implement a whole school approach to SEN. Included is: A staff SEND audit (along with descriptions) for you to audit your staff training needs and confidence in working with students with SEND. A quality first teaching SEND for you to use on learning walks / observations to identify good practice and areas for development. Two booklets for staff - one on supporting students with dyslexia / literacy difficulties, and one on supporting students with speech, language and communication needs. Focus is on quality first teaching in the mainstream classroom. A powerpoint about dyslexia to deliver to staff. A powerpoint about SLCN to deliver to staff. Suitable for primary, secondary and FE. The author is a senior advisory teacher, trainer and writer in the field of SLCN.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar themed colourful semantics. The cards help struggling speakers and writers to retell a story, giving them more confidence when they write. A brilliant tool to support children with EFL - ESL - ELD - EAL - SEN! Colourful semantics is an approach created by Alison Bryan. It is a great way to support children who struggle to write independently. Colourful Semantics helps children to: •Develop a wider vocabulary •Make sentences longer •Develop use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives •Improve story telling skills The colour scheme relates to the types of words in a sentence: Who? (noun) Doing? (verb) What? (object) Where? (location). Children use the strips included to help them structure their own sentences. This pack contains story specific vocabulary, including: 3 who - noun/person cards 3 doing - verb cards 18 what - noun/object cards 9 time conjunction cards 9 adjective cards 2 where - noun/place cards

Talkabout Pictures encourages pupils with poor listening skills to listen attentively. It is particularly helpful for those with poor expressive speech, poor receptive language or poor reasoning skills. This resource is extremely flexible: it can be used on a computer screen or interactive whiteboard, or to print out copies of the pictures. Talkabout Pictures is suitable for whole class, group and pair work and can be used by a wide age-range. There are 20 full-colour, detailed pictures and a comprehensive ‘booklet’ with questions. One further set with different pictures is available. Previously sold through Easylearn.

Editable emotions check in used for daily PSHE to support children in developing their understanding of emotions. This resource is linked into the Disney film Inside Out. Can also be used with Thrive.

Develop writing and composition skills, by building sentences to say what people are feeling. 3 levels of worksheets: Level 1: 1 key word sentence - What emotion? (e.g “sad”) Level 2: 2 Key word sentence .- who? + what emotion? (e.g "the boy is sad" Level 3: 3 Key work sentence - who? + what doing + what emotion? (e.g “The boy is feeling sad” 4 picture cards at each level 32 picture cards in total. Full colour and white background worksheets and symbols. Worksheets are accessible for writers and non-writers Includes information on how to use the Colourful Semantics system.

A selection of communication boards with Widgits to support children in expressing their needs, asking for help and answering questions. It includes Choices Needs Feelings School things Days Weather Colours If these are of interest but need adapting to fit the need of your children/school, please feel free to leave a comment for alternative ones to be made. Enjoy!

Compose sentences to say where the animals are using colourful semantics. No prep worksheets - circle the correct answer then read the sentence back. Task cards: laminate, circle, wipe dry. Perfect for independent and table work tasks. Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of: •Spoken sentences •Answering W/H questions •Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives •Story telling skills •Written sentences and language comprehension Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences. These worksheets are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills. The sentence strips at the top of each worksheet demonstrate the sentence structure.

A game I made for my small class of learners with autism. Suitable for any small group introduction - e.g. intervention group, speech and language, attention and listening. Learners throw a dice and move around the board. When they land on a question, they answer the question. I like to ask another member of the group a question relating to the answer, to encourage learners to pay attention to each other's answers - my children tend to have very little interest in each other! Supports social skills, attention and listening, turn taking. Used for specialist autism group but appropriate for any mainstream KS1 / KS2 group or older SEN group.

Start Sequencing comprises a photocopiable sheets of 2, 3 and 4-picture sequences and 5 sets of attractive, full-colour pictures. It provides essential practice in sequencing events and is excellent for improving visual perception skills. This flexible resource provides ample opportunity for language development, and can also be used for sentence work and story writing. Previously available through Easylearn.

The files you will receive have been designed and written by myself from my research and knowledge around the subject. All graphics have been produced by me, including page design and individual blocks This is a Lego therapy resource pack which is designed to aid any practitioner to successfully deliver a course of play sessions. The core contents of the pack can be tailored to different age groups or abilities by the practitioner. It has twenty-four different pages which contain a brief introduction and then explains each team member’s role and job description. It also has visual images to aid with colours,** shapes** and questions that could be asked to help the children engage and communicate with each other. There is also a tracker sheet which is great for following each child as they develop or it highlights if they need additional support. Lastly, the practitioner should have basic knowledge of play therapy and if not this pack could further develop their own personal skill set.** Please note 'This product has been written and produced by myself. I have attended numerous speech therapy courses on how children can benefit in their social communication by using lego Block Based therapy within a group setting.**

20 different pieces of basic Science equipment, with diagram and drawings to assist EAL and SEN students. Could be used as flip-cards, but I have them printed and displayed around the top of the room for all students to be able to see.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. A social story originally inspired by several upsets suffered by a child with social communication problems. Makes a framework for looking at o'clock times and talking about similar irritating events. Clock faces for half-past times provided too, together with alternative events. Lots of ideas included for using the cards. Could be printed 2pp to A4 but cards will be easier to handle if file printed on A4.

British Sign Language (BSL) Farm Animals & Signage Children will love these colourful signs for farm animals - not only with clear and engaging graphics and written descriptions, but with QR code links to a video link of each sign being demonstrated. Created in collaboration with the RAD. Includes 25 Flashcard format animal signs and relevant words for farm visitors. These will make excellent Flashcard or Poster sized references for learners of all ages. Also great to encourage local farms that allow visitors to help provide an inclusive environment for all who use sign language to communicate and access information.

I used this with a small intervention group to encourage discussion and develop their speech and language skills. Also this resource is a great way of helping students write independently. I hope this resource is useful to you.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Print on A4 to file in a Display Folder. Use for practice in odd moments and frequent revision. 4 pages including MONTHS and SEASONS, DAYS OF THE WEEK, O'CLOCK TIME, and ALL ABOUT ME. You can build up a useful long-term resource by adding a vocabulary page for every new topic. Could also be used for EAL.