Assistive Technology Miniguide

This miniguide, developed by Empowering Tech in conjunction with nasen, is for SENCOS, school leaders, teachers and support staff.

Understanding Inclusion

This mini guide is for SENCOs, school leaders (including governors), teachers and support staff.

Collaborative Learning for SEN: the Role of the SENCO

This guidance aims to support early years providers, schools and further education to continue improving their approaches to professional learning in order to maximise the benefit to staff, the children and young people with special educational needs and

Improving Health Care: learning disabilities and autism miniguide

This mini guide, the development of which was supported by NHS England, aims to raise awareness of the health provision and procedures available to children and young people with learning disabilities and autism.

Identifying and Supporting Children with SEND in the Early Years: Maintained nursery settings mini guide

This is an Early Years mini guide for maintained nursery settings.

Identifying and Supporting Children with SEND in the Early Years: PVI and governing body-led early years settings Mini Guide

Identifying and Supporting Children with SEND in the Early Years: PVI and governing body-led early years settings

Identifying and Supporting Children with SEND in the Early Years: Childminders

A quick guide to support childminders to work with children with SEND.

Identifying and Supporting Children with SEND in the Early Years: Reception classes

A quick guide to support Reception classes to work with children with SEND.

Acquired Brain Injury: The hidden disability

This guide aims to introduce childhood acquired brain injury (ABI), consider how it is acquired and why it is often misdiagnosed, and provide some practical support strategies. #miniguides

Understanding the eye care and vision needs of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities

This guide aims to understand the eye care and vision needs of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.

Children with medical needs: What schools and settings need to know

Girls and Autism: Flying under the radar

This guide aims to: Introduce the debate around autism and gender Identify key issues for girls with autism spectrum conditions and more

Supporting pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD)

This guide aims to: Help the SENCO in establishing a consistent whole-school approach to meeting the needs of pupils with dyslexia, support all teachers and support staff in developing a dyslexia-friendly learning environment and more

SEN Support and the graduated approach: Inclusive practice

This guide aims to: Introduce school staff to the graduated approach to SEN support, with the child and family at its heart emphasise the role of class/subject teachers as teachers of all pupils and more

Effective adult support: Inclusive practice

This guide aims to: Set out the range of support that TAs can provide, Examine recent research into the impact of TA support on pupils’ engagement, participation and achievement and more.

Transition

This guide aims to: Set out the key principles underpinning successful transition from one educational setting to another and into training or employment for children and young people with SEND

Tracking progress and managing provision: Inclusive practice

This guide aims to: Promote high-quality teaching, differentiated to meet individual needs and much more

The pupil premium

This guide aims to: Explain the purpose of and pupils’ eligibility for the pupil premium and much more

Working in Partnership with Parents and Carers

This guide aims to: Remind school staff of the requirement to work in partnership with parents and carers Consider the benefits of engaging parents and carers and more

Supporting reading and literacy in secondary schools

This guide aims to: Describe the responsibility of the special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO) in supporting whole and more