Support for teachers working with ASD pupils

The perfect aid for a teacher in support SEND within the classroom! With QFT being a platinum thread through education, this guide provides teachers with a comprehensive list of potential barriers to learning they might see in the classroom, wave 1 suggestions to try and resources to use and also wave 2/3 interventions to use if needed. Contains information surrounding Reading Writing and Spelling Mathematics Working memory and processing Make sure to check out my shop for handbooks for the other areas of need!

Staff training powerpoint around cognitive overload and strategies that can be used to support students, especially those with lower academic ability and special educational needs. Practical activity and then links to a variety of subject areas.

AQA B A Level Psychology Whole lesson - Cognitive explanation for Schizophrenia.

This toolkit provides information on how to support the needs of pupils with SEN/EHCPs in the classroom as part of a quality first teaching approach. Each section links to one of the four broad areas of need. You will find: Cognition & learning • Categories of potential difficulty within that need. -Memory -Task Organisation, Maintenance and Completion Skills -Concentration -Transferring/Generalising Learning -Time Management -Self-Assessment Skills -Information Processing -Letter and/or Number Recognition and Recording -Phonic Application -Spelling:High Frequency Words and Phonetically Irregular Words -Reading Accuracy -Reading Comprehension -Learning and Application of Number Facts -Organising Ideas for Writing -Developing Writing (Letter Formation) • What that area of difficulty might look like in the classroom. • Supportive quality first teaching strategies that will offer support. Each list of ‘What it might look like?’ and ‘Supportive Quality First Teaching Strategies’ are not exhaustive but may provide a useful starting point to help you help your pupils access learning. At the end of each section are resources linked to some of the strategies. The Toolkit can be edited and new needs and provisions can be added to meet the needs of your students.

A sheet with content to get AO2 marks on an essay on cognitive explanations

This is a help sheet for teachers and learning support staff of blind and visually impaired students. There are several ideas for biological models and several ideas for modifying practical equipment to allow tactile access.

Paying attention to the learning process helps learners improve, and that’s what these tools are for. These research-based self-assessment resources let students learn how to help themselves improve, particularly in speaking and listening activities. There are also tools to help you give feedback. Included in this bundle of resources are the following: • Listening Guide • Presentational Speech Self-Assessment • Speaking Activity Teacher Assessment • Speaking Activity Self-Assessment • Emotional Temperature Chart • Speaking Focus Signs

Included in this pack are 6 detailed lesson plans that aim to develop team building amongst pupils with moderate to severe learning difficulties. This resource has been used with a variety of SEND students particularly visual impairment, cognitive delay, physical impairment through CP, SLD and ASD. This topic would also work well with primary aged pupils. The resource includes 6 individualized lessons plans. They offer the students an introduction to the world of team building and orienteering. Activities with a parachute are included with lessons lasting 30-40 minutes (excluding changing). The 6 lessons have a focus comprised with practical activities. They are: Working together Problem Solving Leadership Cooperation Planning and Communication Consolidation of skills

BUDDHISM AND THE ENVIRONMENT will spark students’ curiosity and critical thinking. It’s engaging, scaffolded for accessibility and challenging for academic rigour. It is easy to deliver for specialists and non-specialists alike and requires minimal printing and preparation. YOUR STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: Explain Buddhist attitudes towards the environment: ahimsa, interconnectedness, precepts, reincarnation (with reference to sacred writing) CONTAINS ALL THE FEATURES OF AN EXCELLENT LESSON: Do Now retrieval of critical content for this lesson Tasks broken down to prevent cognitive overload Checks whole class understanding using miniboards or cold call Extra challenges throughout information sheet to promote independence (large font for visually impaired) Independent practice task: • Past exam question ` • Clear success criteria with a focus and modelling of development • Writing frames • Relevant sacred writing • Key Vocabulary I hope you enjoy delivering this lesson. Feedback is welcome. Find more Religious Studies resources and bundles for ALL KEY STAGES at my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Examined_Life

This is episode 6 of a Disability and Neurodiversity Training series, outlining terminology, the student experience, approaches, and debunking stereotypes about visual impairments, deafness, and mobility impairments. This is ideal for teacher training, basic education, and general interest :)

This is a large complete resource package for the delivery of the BTEC Level 3 Unit 12 - Supporting Individuals with Additional Needs Learning Aim A, A1, A2, A3 and A4. This package includes a 52 page Word booklet that can be adapted and altered to suit your teaching needs. It allows students to organise their notes and assignment planning, in one place. There are activities, research task and application, signposting learners to understand the assessment criteria. To aid understanding, during delivery, there are ELEVEN powerpoints and relevant videos to engage learners. The package covers the below topics, in the Learning Aim A spec.A: Examine Reasons why individuals may experience additional needs A1 Diagnosing or determining additional needs • Definitions of mild, moderate, severe and profound learning disabilities. • Diagnostic procedures, tools and standards used to diagnose a disability. • Professional background, qualifications and experience of those undertaking the diagnosis and assessment. • Parameters used to describe the diagnosed condition. This must include the type, causation, severity and stability over time, and prognosis of the condition. A2 Cognitive and learning needs • Learning difficulties, to include dyslexia, dyspraxia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). • Autism-spectrum disorders, to include Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) and childhood disintegrative disorder. • Inherited conditions, to include Down’s syndrome, Huntington’s disease, dementia, Alzheimer’s. • Needs of older people, to include memory loss, slower cognitive speed, life-long learning. A3 Physical and health needs • Needs of older people, to include arthritis, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. • Health needs, to include physical needs cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disorders, stroke a mental illnesses. • Sensory disabilities, to include deafness and hearing impairment, visual impairment. • Accidents, to include paraplegia, loss of limb. • Infectious diseases that can lead to individuals having additional needs. • Problems during pregnancy and birth that can lead to individuals having additional needs. A4 Social and emotional needs • Needs generated from family circumstances, to include specific needs of looked-after children, bereavement, school refuser (non-attendance) and bullying. • Needs generated by being elderly, to include loss of loved ones, fear of dying, family far away, isolation, lack of money. • Needs affected by the learning environment. #hscresources TES shop has free and small charge teaching packages Join the biggest subject team, Health and Social Care Resources Facebook group. 5,000 sharing ideas, resources, signposting and prop each other out #hscresources Good luck in your teaching :-)

These are magnetism and electromagnetism wordsearches adapted to lower ability students and visually impaired students. Letters are larger and there are only 15 words in the lower ability sheet with the simplest words. Wordsearches are an excellent tool to develop and improve scientific vocabulary. Students should be encouraged to work together and say the words aloud to ensure they are internalised, The sheet suitable for students with visual impairment (SEND) has good contrast colours (black and yellow), recommended font ARIAL size of 14. They are suitable for students aged from 7 -15 for all curriculum

This comes with 2 resources! One is a powerpoint of all the info and one is a word doc that is ‘bookmarks’ Common traits and teaching strategies for: Asperger’s Syndrome Autism ADHD/ADD Dyslexia Dyscalculia Dyspraxia Visually Impaired Hearing Impaired Speech/Language Reading Handwriting You can add any others!

This is a one page handout which provides numerous strategies to support an individual to learn to take turns. This is a great handout for parents, carers and/or other allied health professionals. This resource has been very valuable and beneficial in supporting children with learning difficulties, cognitive impairments and/or intellectual disabilities to learn how to take turns.

Responding to who, what, where, when, and why questions can be extremely challenging for children with autism, cognitive impairments, or speech disorders. Practice answering questions using these fun bingo games! Using visuals, multiple examples, and structure will allow students to learn this skill successfully with this resource! This product contains: - Who Bingo - What Bingo - Where Bingo - When Bingo - Why Bingo - Wh- Mix Up {containing who, what, where, when, & why questions} Each game contains 16 calling cards & 10 playing boards! 6 separate bingo games are included in this set! Working on each wh- question in isolation will allow students to identifying the patterning in responding. The wh- mix up game will help teach discrimination!

A comprehensive, practitioner-friendly reference tool covering a wide range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), designed for use in schools, alternative provisions, and support settings. This resource is structured into clear categories aligned with the four broad areas of need: Cognition and Learning Communication and Interaction Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Sensory and Physical It also includes additional sections for: Genetic and Medical Conditions Contextual and Environmental Factors Each condition is presented in a clear, accessible format with: A concise overview of key characteristics Practical, classroom-based strategies Related conditions to support understanding of overlap and co-occurrence This makes the document ideal for: Teachers and support staff SENCOs and trainee SENCOs Alternative provision settings Early career teachers building SEND knowledge

This resource has been designed for Entry Level 3 students working towards Functional Skills English qualifications at Level 1 (Edexcel-Pearson, NCFE, City and Guilds, AQA, Highfield Qualifications, NOCN, Open Awards). It contains a 175-slide PowerPoint lesson on reading. This resource will help pupils to achieve these outcomes: identify & understand the main points, ideas & details in texts compare information, ideas & opinions in texts identify meanings in texts and distinguish between fact & opinion recognise that language and other textual features can be varied to suit different audiences & purposes use reference materials and strategies to find the meaning of words understand organisational and structural features & use them to locate information in texts infer from images meanings not explicit in the text recognise vocabulary associated with specific types and purposes of texts - formal, informal, instructional, descriptive, explanatory and persuasive understand a range of specialist words in context The editable PowerPoint outlines the reading skills needed at Level 1 and provides many examples. It contains links to videos on context clues, reading strategies, purpose & main ideas of texts, presentational & organisational features of text, fact & opinion, informal & formal texts and example exam questions. It is ideal for introducing the reading component of the specification and for revision purposes. Please note, the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself. You may also be interested in: Level 1 Reading - 84 Page Workbook Save money and buy both resources at a discounted rate: Level 1 Reading -PowerPoint Lesson & Workbook Level 1 English Resources Entry 1 English Resources Entry 2 English Resources Entry 3 English Resources Level 1 Functional Skills English Resources Entry Level Maths Resources

This resource has been designed for students working towards Entry Level 2 Functional Skills English certification (Edexcel-Pearson, NCFE, City and Guilds, NOCN and Open Awards). It contains an age-appropriate, 33-page workbook with 15 tasks on the Entry Level 2 speaking and listening component. The tasks will help pupils to achieve these outcomes: identify and extract the main information and detail from short explanations make requests and ask clear questions in different contexts respond appropriately to questions follow the gist of discussions clearly express information and communicate feelings and opinions on a range of topics make appropriate contributions to group discussions The workbook is provided in PDF format and an editable PowerPoint version to enable editing and personalisation of the resource. Please note, the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself. You may also be interested in: English Entry Level 2 - Speaking and Listening - 90 Slide Powerpoint Lesson The editable, 90-slide PowerPoint lesson is an ideal resource to introduce pupils to the speaking and listening component of the Entry Level 2 specification and for revision purposes. Save money and buy both resources at a discounted rate: English Entry Level 2 - Speaking and Listening - Powerpoint Lesson and Workbook English Entry Level 1 Bundle - 10 Workbooks - 7 PowerPoint Lessons English Entry Level 2 Bundle - 13 Workbooks - 9 PowerPoint Lessons English Entry Level 3 Bundle -9 Workbooks - 6 PowerPoint Lessons More Entry Level English Resources Entry Level Maths Resources

This resource has been designed for students working towards Functional Skills Maths qualifications at Entry Level 2 (Edexcel-Pearson, NCFE, City and Guilds and Open Awards). It contains an age-appropriate, 37-page workbook on shape and space. This resource will help students achieve these outcomes: describe the properties of common 2D and 3D shapes including numbers of sides, corners, edges, faces and angles use appropriate positional vocabulary to describe position and direction including between, inside, outside, middle, below, on top, forwards and backwards The workbook includes 12 information pages, 22 worksheets, 2 progress checks and a certificate of achievement. It is available in PDF and an editable PowerPoint version to enable personalisation of the resource. It can be used for classwork, homework, revision or as an independent learning pack. Please note, the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself. You may also be interested in: Shape - Entry Level 2 - 120 Slide PowerPoint Lesson This editable PowerPoint lesson provides many opportunities for the pupils to develop and practise the above skills. It also contains links to several videos on 2D shapes, 3D shapes and example exam questions. It is ideal for introducing the shape component of the specification and for revision purposes. Save money and buy both resources at a discounted rate: Shape - Entry Level 2 - PowerPoint Lesson and Workbook Level 1 - Numbers and The Number System Bundle Level 1 - Measures, Shape, Space Bundle Level 1 - Handling Information and Data Bundle Entry Level 3 Bundle Entry Level 2 Bundle Entry Level 1 Bundle Entry Level English Resources

This resource has been designed for Entry Level 3 students working towards Functional Skills English qualifications at Level 1 (Edexcel-Pearson, NCFE, City and Guilds, AQA, Highfield Qualifications, NOCN, Open Awards). It contains a 96-page workbook/handbook on spelling. This resource will help pupils to learn how to spell the words required at Level 1 ( words used most often in work, study and daily life, including specialist words). The workbook includes information and exercises on common spelling rules and patterns, tricky words, suffixes, prefixes, hyphenated words, plurals, common errors and tips on how to remember and improve spelling with memory aids and by breaking down words into their syllables. The workbook includes 33 information pages, 61 worksheets and 2 progress checks. The workbook is provided in PDF and an editable PowerPoint version. It can be used for classwork, homework, revision or as an independent learning pack. Please note, the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself. You may also be interested in: Level 1 Spelling - 200 Slide PowerPoint Lesson The editable PowerPoint lesson clearly explains common spelling rules and patterns, tricky words, suffixes, prefixes, hyphenated words, plurals, common errors and tips on how to remember and improve spelling with memory aids and by breaking down words into their syllables. The PowerPoint also contains a link to a video on Level 1 Functional Skills spelling. It is ideal for introducing the spelling component of the specification and for revision purposes. Save money and buy both resources at a discounted rate: Level 1 Spellings - PowerPoint Lesson and Workbook Entry Level 1 Functional Skills English Resources Entry Level 2 Functional Skills English Resources Entry Level 3 Functional Skills English Resources Level 1 Functional Skills English Resources Entry Level Maths Resources