Tag: support
Autism is a difference, not a deficit
Clare Caccavone on supporting more autistic young people into the workplace.
Employment rates for autistic people are bleak. Only 29% of autistic people are in...
Ready for life
Pupils should leave college ready for the next stage in their life, says Harry Anderson.
The transition from Key Stage 4 to Key Stage 5,...
Point of view: home educator
Do it yourself. Rachel Hawkins is home-educating her autistic daughter.
I have only been home educating my eleven-year-old daughter Isabelle since September, as she needed...
Raising Kids With Big Baffling Behaviours:
Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies That Really Work
Robyn Gobbel is a mental health professional, who specialises in supporting the families of children with challenging behaviours. She runs...
Point of view: SEN lawyer
Reframe bad things into good things. A personal recommendation from Douglas Silas, specialist in SEN law.
It's not easy to reframe bad things into good...
ADHD: practical support for students
Lizzie Lister's seven ways teachers can support students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
With rising awareness, many young people are being diagnosed with ADHD...
Profound and multiple learning difficulties
Peter Imray on the support required by learners with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) and complex learning difficulties (CLD).
In addition to profound learning...
Working with external providers
Some guidance for teaching assistants, from Lisa Harwood and Clare Saunders.
When your school invites a new external provider in, how are they welcomed into...
Support for collective action
Nic Ponsford offers six practical tips on embracing inclusion.
The fight for inclusion should be a collective effort that recognises the power of a united...
Point of view: parent – Toilet training
Faria Arsh's heartfelt account of her neurodivergent daughter's toilet training journey.
Why does any parent want to toilet-train their child? In any other circumstances, the...
Book Reviews
Word Aware: Teaching Vocabulary in Small Groups for Ages 6 to...
The authors of this publication are Speech and Language Therapists, who have written the bestselling resource Language for Thinking, as well as Word Aware...
