A video to explain the recent temporary changes to Education, health and care plans, due to COVID-19:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=479&v=69diXR_QDdw&feature=emb_title

Support to explain the current situation to children:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/876989/Easy_read_looking_after_your_feelings_and_body.pdf

A Social Story to explain the current situation - particularly suitable for children who have ASD.

https://littlepuddins.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/The-Corona-Virus-Free-Printable-Updated-2-The-Autism-Educator-.pdf

Resources to Support Home Learning

Lots of resources are available on TES to support you and your child when home learning. 

https://www.tes.com/coronavirus

If your child has print disability including Dyslexia or visually impaired, you can find adapted resources on RNIB. Follow the link below. 

https://www.rnibbookshare.org/cms/

For parent-led information and resources about SEND please explore Special needs Jungle. 

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/

For resources to reduce anxieties and associated behaviours and support home learning, please explore SEN assist. 

http://www.senassist.com/resources.html

 https://www.autism.org/covid-19-resources/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/centres/centre-inclusive-education/homeschooling-children-send

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zh9v382

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/

The link below will take you to the Driver Youth Trust. They have a wealth of home learning resources you can download for free.

https://www.driveryouthtrust.com/at-home-activities/

During this time, it is important to focus on the development of life skills and how we can encourage our children to be as independent as possible. Please follow the link below to ASDAN's Life skills Challenges page.

https://www.lifeskillschallenge.org.uk/challenges

Assistive Technology to Support Online Learning

Consider these ways to support your child with/without visual impairment:

• Speech to text
• Text to speech (read aloud on Google Chrome or screen reader, 'speak screen' command on iOS)
• Office lens
• Clicker
• Enlarge (zoom/ magnification)
• Predictive text (typing assistant)
• Change the background colour or add a tint to the screen (colour overlay on Chrome)
• Enlarge the text or font on the screen (browser settings)
• http://www.visualdictionaryonline.com/index.php

Children's Therapies

The link below will take you to The Eden Academy website, their therapists have developed some videos to help support parents to carry out therapies at home; this includes Speech and Language Therapy, Art Therapy and Physical Therapy. 

http://www.theedenacademy.co.uk/parent-forum

Speech and Language Therapy

The Speech and Language Team have a Facebook page, where they are sharing resources and ideas for families.

The Facebook name is - SWBH_ChildrensTherapies

The Speech and Language Team have put together a bank of resources to support your child's needs during this time. Please follow the link below to access a wealth of resources. 

https://swbhtrust-my.sharepoint.com/personal/slt_swbhtrust_onmicrosoft_com/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fslt%5Fswbhtrust%5Fonmicrosoft%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2FSupport%20for%20families%20during%20school%20closure&originalPath=aHR0cHM6Ly9zd2JodHJ1c3QtbXkuc2hhcmVwb2ludC5jb20vOmY6L2cvcGVyc29uYWwvc2x0X3N3Ymh0cnVzdF9vbm1pY3Jvc29mdF9jb20vRW9CVy1ET2I0YzVGdndYZGNQZUE4X3dCbk43OVh1SFNpT3VoeWVsOUtZUGFzdz9ydGltZT1VTDh0SWhUczEwZw

If you have a child who requires Intensive Interaction - please see their Speech and Language Report then the link below will support you in the delivery of this. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwoFKHiCSWU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjKxu6QKjAo