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.

Social story for children who are touching others inappropriately It covers what our private parts are and the fact that we must not touch other people’s. It also suggests some touches that are appropriate. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator

Zone of Regulation display pack, resources & 5 lessons to support teaching. resources designed to help children and young people regulate their emotions, manage their stress and gain control over their behaviour . These resources provide children and young people with the tools and strategies they need to recognise and manage their emotions, develop self-control and communication skills, and increase their overall well-being.

This is a Power-Point with over 100 slides on Shakespeare's The Tempest. There are resources and activities included within this. It is aimed at low ability KS3 and was made for special needs groups (Autism, Dyslexia and ADHD, predominantly) but easily differentiated. Whilst a text can be read alongside, this unit focuses on very short extracts to help students understand character and theme - whilst making it as accessible as possible to those who struggle. It is recommended students watch the play initially to help develop their visual understanding and then re-watch clips to support what they read. The activities are included and worksheets can be printed as individual slides. This can easily be adapted to challenge students further - and some suggestions are made in the notes section.

Guides on how to use a trauma informed approach when dealing with emotional dysregulation and common behaviour scenarios. This resource includes script suggestions for each stage of the PACE approach: -Playfulness -Acceptance -Curiosity -Empathy as well as useful sentence starters as prompts for supporting the REGULATE, RELATE AND REASON process. The resource can be used by any member of school staff; SENCo, class teacher and teaching assistant.

Social Story: Taking My Medication Many children and students take medications for various reasons, whether it be a medical condition, illness, or diagnosis such as ADHD. Children often times do not feel comfortable with the idea of medication, or do not know how to take medications properly. This social story is meant to make the process of taking medication more predictable, easier to manage, and less stressful for children. This social story conveys these themes using practical examples, engaging visuals, and developmentally appropriate language suited to elementary and special education students. We hope this social story will help you help the children and students you work with! What You Will Receive: 1 high-quality PDF file 8.5"x11" in size 11 Pages How to Use: After uploading product, save file to your device Print either at home, or via local print provider or online print service Bind, laminate, or place in duotang to use with your students Personal Note: Should you require a different file format or size, let us know and we can do this for you. We love what we do and so would appreciate your feedback and review so we can continue to provide practical resources to our fellow educators. Thank you.

Student Case Study Template & Guide To Help Writing a Case Study - SEND Special Educational Needs Fantastic Tool for ALL teachers to provide commentary in regards to student progress Ideal for OFSTED preparation Excellent when used for students with special educational needs Whole School Resource Great to analyse progress and arrange relevant intervention

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.

This social story is a great read for students who may need some support with biting. A lot of children bite others as a sign of frustration, anxiety, pain etc. - sometimes we may even find no explanation for why they are biting but hopefully this social story will help reduce biting behaviours. It is a general book full of different things your mouth can be used for as well as why we shouldn't bite - how it makes others feel, and if we need to bite what we can do etc. Many students with autism are visual learners and like to learn through seeing something in action. This book comes complete with matching, simple yet engaging graphics to help describe what is being said on the page. Comes in col option only - no b/w availability, however you can print in grayscale. Pages included are; ♦ I can use my mouth to eat food. ♦ I can use my mouth to sing songs. ♦ I can use my mouth to laugh. ♦ I can use my mouth to talk to others. ♦ I can use my mouth to whistle. ♦ I can use my mouth to drink. ♦ I can use my mouth to tell stories. ♦ I can use my mouth to smile. ♦ I can use my mouth to do lots of nice things. ♦ Sometimes I get angry and want to bite! ♦ It’s ok to bite my chew toy. ♦ But it’s not ok to bite my friends. ♦ Biting hurts my friends and it will make them sad. ♦ Sometimes, my teeth hurt and I want to bite. ♦ I can bite my chew toy or ask for help. ♦ If I have bad teeth I can go to the dentist for help. ♦ I will remember to use my mouth to be kind. I recommend printing out each of the individual pages, laminating them and then binding them into a book so it will be easier for students to read - or be read to, as well as being stronger and longer lasting.

This display pack includes a poster with the emotions of each zone and strategies to help, large images of the different emotions, large images of the different strategies and a check in poster. All of the resources include images from Widgit. I hope it is useful for you!

These planning sheets contain a basis for planning in a nurture group.  They show afternoon planning assuming that mornings will be for core subjects.  There are links back to boxall targets and activity suggestions from beyond the boxall profile.  There are also independent activities that link back to this.

A social story for children who have been hurting others’ feelings with their words. It explains ways that our words can be kind and ways that our words can be unkind and hurt others. It explains the consequences of using unkind words and encourages children to not say unkind things and to think before they speak. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Social story for children who act dangerously when in a heightened state of emotion. The story covers walking sensibly in corridors, remaining calm, not leaving the classroom without asking, not climbing, following teacher instructions and asking for help when it is needed. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Zone of Regulation how big is you problem pack. Resources designed to help children and young people understand the size of their problems, manage their stress and gain control over their behaviour . These resources provide children and young people with the tools and strategies they need to recognise how big a problem is, develop self-control and communication skills, and increase their overall well-being.

This is a powerpoint to train teachers on SEND. The powerpoint looks at what is inclusive teaching and areas of SEND that can be developed such as meeting their needs, developing independence and use of additional adults. This is a short training session for the adults in the school.

Long PPT to practice rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and the nearest 100. With some silly pictures to keep it interesting.

These printable English resource writing activities are brilliant as they provide cross curricular links with History (The Victorians), ICT, PSHCE, etc. They can also be used for SATs revision. I have used them in a number of ways - as a carousel (few activities at a time for the areas already covered in English), as one of activity at the end of a unit, as SATs revision. Search on TES for similar activities for Ancient Greek links - Hercules

This is an interactive scale to help children identify how they are feeling. It is particularly useful for children for whom emotional regulation is difficult. It includes emojis for pre-readers and is colour-coded for ease of use. It also includes some suggested actions to help moderate moods. The font is also dyslexic friendly. If you choose to download this resource please consider providing a short review or rating, as it really helps ensure that more and more people will be able to find it. Many thanks, DH

LEAVE IT TO ME is a collection of FIVE free worksheets that can be used at any time with SEN students and are perfect as stand alone lessons or to complement existing programmes. This bundle of worksheets has FIVE quick and focused lessons that make students think about themselves, work independently and use literacy, numeracy, thinking and decision making skills. The worksheet bundle is filled with active learning tasks with excellent visual layout for supporting all types of SEN learners. Perfect as stand alone lessons or to complement existing programmes and can be delivered by any staff. Worksheets included are: I Am What I Eat, I Like It Like This, Days & Months, Clean Me & Mine, If I Could ... Other worksheet bundles are: WORK IT OUT (x10 worksheets - Birthday Bingo, Sports Scramble, Sum It Up, Take It Away, Signs & Symbols, Mood Board, Count Me In, Making Music, Reading Recipes, Fitness Log) LINK ME (x10 worksheets - Sensational Smoothies, Talk It Up, Travel It, Family Ties, ICE - In Case of Emergencies, It's All News, Colour Me Purple, Map It. Walk It., A Special Day, Techno Guru) OUTSIDE THE BOX (x5 free worksheets - Hunt For It, Virtual Reality, Design & Model It, Experiment It, 101 Ways With ...)