Support for teachers working with ASD pupils

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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 :-)

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 :)

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.

Social Psychology: Social Influence includes Social Cognition PowerPoints, Handouts, Role-play, Quiz, Video Links - Lesson Plans included. This Social Influence Unit has 7-8 days worth of lessons. I have used this for both AP Psychology and regular classes. Each lesson begins with a warm-up, PowerPoint lecture, a review handout or activity and closes with an exit ticket. Unit ends with an assessment that covers everything from the unit. Social Cognition PowerPoints include lecture notes and Youtube links to videos that illustrate real life examples of concepts. This does not cover all of Social Psychology. This is the second of two units that makes up Social Psychology. The first is Social Cognition Unit. Topics Include Social Norms Deindividuation Social Facilitation, Social Impairment, Social Loafing Conformity - Solomon Asch’s study - Public Conformity - Private Acceptance Compliance - Foot-in-the-Door Technique - Door-in-the-Face Procedure - Low-ball Approach Obedience - Stanley Milgrim’s Study - Factors affecting Obedience - “Captainitis” phenomenon Agression - Various Approaches - Social Scripts Altruism - Social Exchange Theory - Social Responsibility Norm - Kitty Genovese Case - Bystander Affect More stuff on the way! For more great products, visit my store at Big Ideas in Teaching or find me on Pinterest!

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 resource contains a 26-page spelling practice workbook for students working towards English Functional Skills Entry Level 3 accreditation (AQA, OCR. Pearson Edexcel, City and Guilds, NCFE, NOCN). The workbook contains all the words that students are expected to read and spell at Entry Level 3. The spellings have been compiled from the Entry 3 word lists specified by the DfE in the English Functional Skills specification. Tasks include practising spelling the words using the look, say, cover, write method: inserting the correct word into a sentence and composing simple sentences using words in the list. The resource contains a checklist for recording students’ ability to read and spell the words. It can be used for classwork, homework or as an independent learning pack. Please note, the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be grateful if you could leave a review. In return, you can have a free resource up to the value of your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: English Functional Skills - Entry Level 3 - Spelling - 230 Slide PowerPoint Lesson The fully editable PowerPoint lesson includes tips and advice on learning to spell words and provides many opportunities for pupils to practise and improve their 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: English Functional Skills - Entry Level 3 - Spelling PowerPoint Lesson and Workbook You may also be interested in the bundles below that contain resources for all of the learning outcomes at each level: 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

This resource has been designed for students working towards Functional Skills Maths qualifications at Level 1 (Edexcel-Pearson, NCFE, City and Guilds, AQA, NOCN, Highfield Qualifications and Open Awards) . It contains a 50-page workbook on using numbers and the number system. The workbook will help pupils to achieve the following outcomes: read, write, order and compare large numbers (to one million recognise and use negative numbers The resource is provided in PDF format 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. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be grateful if you could leave a review. In return, you can have a free resource up to the value of your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: Functional Skills Maths - Level 1- Numbers and the Number System - 185 Slide PowerPoint Lesson The editable, 185-slide PowerPoint lesson is an ideal resource to introduce pupils to the number component of the specification and for revision purposes. It also contains links to two short videos on numbers to 1,000,000 and negative numbers. Save money and buy both resources at a discounted rate: Functional Skills Maths - Level 1- Numbers and the Number System - 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 students working towards Functional Skills Maths qualifications at Level 1 (Edexcel-Pearson, NCFE, City and Guilds, AQA, Highfield Qualifications, NOCN and Open Awards). It contains an age-appropriate, 43-page workbook on multiplication. The workbook contains 15 explanation pages, 25 worksheets, 2 progress checks and a certificate of achievement. This resource will help pupils to achieve these outcomes: multiply large numbers using the column and grid methods use reverse operation to check calculations identify and use square numbers multiply whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100, 1000 use knowledge of multiplication to solve real life maths problems The resource is provided in PDF format and an editable PowerPoint version to enable editing 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. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: Functional Skills Maths - Level 1 - Multiplication - 245 Slide PowerPoint Lesson The editable PowerPoint lesson clearly demonstrates how to multiply large numbers using the column and grid methods. It provides many opportunities for pupils to practise these skills and contains real-life number problems involving multiplication. The PowerPoint contains links to four short videos on column multiplication, using the reverse operation to check calculations, square numbers and multiplying whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100 and 1000 Save money and buy both resources a a discounted rate: Level 1 - Multiplication - PowerPoint Lesson and Workbook Functional Skills Maths - Entry Level 3 Bundle Functional Skills Maths - Entry Level 2 Bundle Functional Skills Maths - Entry Level 1 Bundle More Functional Skills Maths Resources Entry Level English Resources

This resource has been designed for students working towards Functional Skills Maths qualifications at Entry Level 1(Edexcel-Pearson, NCFE, City and Guilds, AQA, Highfield Qualifications, NOCN, Open Awards). It contains an age-appropriate, 130-slide PowerPoint lesson shape and space. This resource will help students to achieve these outcomes: identify common 2D and 3D shapes-circle, cube, rectangle, square and triangle use everyday positional vocabulary to describe position and direction including left, right, in front, behind, under, above The editable PowerPoint lesson contains links to 4 short videos on shape, positional vocabulary, shape and positional vocabulary exam questions. It is ideal for introducing the shape component of the specification and for revision purposes. Please note, the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be grateful if you could leave a review. In return, you can choose a free resource up to the value of your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: Entry Level 1 - Shape, Position, Direction - 32 Page Workbook The workbook includes 5 information pages, 22 worksheets (with answers), 3 progress checks and a certificate of achievement. It is provided in PDF format and an editable PowerPoint version to enable editing of the resource. It can be used for classwork, homework, revision or as an independent learning pack. Save money and buy both resources at a discounted rate: Maths Entry Level 1 - Shape, Position, Direction - PowerPoint Lesson and Workbook Level 1 - Handling Information and Data = 6 Workbooks - 6 PowerPoint Lessons Bundle Level 1 - Numbers and The Number System Bundle Level 1 - Measures, Shape, Space Bundle Entry Level 3 Bundle Entry Level 2 Bundle Entry Level 2 Bundle Entry Level English Resources