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SEND Resources

At OLSJ, we are committed to supporting all children to achieve their full potential. This page provides free resources that parents and carers can use at home to support children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

If you would like advice on supporting your child at home, please contact our inclusion team by emailing [email protected].

Communication Resources and Activities

Apps for learners with additional needs

Clicker - accessible word processing

Nordoff Robins Music Therapy resources

Two months free from the AAC language lab

COVID-19 Specific Resources

Beating the virus - books beyond words

Children's stories about COVID19

Corona Virus and SEND Law from the Special Educational Needs Jungle

Coronavirus - a book about COVID19 for children by the illustrator of the Gruffalo.

COVID19 breathing exercises

Huge selection of resources for supporting people with learning disabilities to understand and react to the current situation.

Latest Corona Virus Information for families of children with special educational needs compiled by the Special Educational Needs Jungle

Mental health support through Sensory Dance with Collar and Cuffs

Pete Wells' COVID19 sensory story

Resources about COVID19

Social story about COVID19 and school closures from Ian Bean

Social story about COVID19 from the Garden School

Springwood Primary School's social story about COVID19

Talking Mats resources for discussing the impact of COVID19

Therapeutic stories from Speaking Space

UNC resources to support people with Autism during the COVID19 pandemic

WHO's story book for children about COVID19 beautiful illustrations and available in many languages.

Humanities, Science and Technology Linked Activities

Inclusive Resources

Government list of free educational resources, including a set for special school students

Molly's TV channel for engaging learners with special educational needs and disabilities

PAMIS's Virtual Activity Programme for people with profound disabilities

Sensory digital art packs

Literacy Linked Activities

Activities including sensory and massage stories themed for the time of year

Bagbook's Youtube channel - includes some Bagbooks stories shared in full.

Cherry Garden's Sensory Story: Anansi and the pot of wisdom

Inclusive sensory discovery pack for Shakespeare's The Tempest

Molly's TV channel for engaging learners with special educational needs and disabilities

Oxford ReadingTree Biff and Chip Books Free Online

Pete Wells - has some raucous free sensory stories available on his website - and the podcast is well worth a listen too!

Pete's home learning kit

Rhyming Multisensory Stories

Sensory Theatre Company - Frozen Light's Sensory Activities

Six Sensory Stories and Massage Stories about the experiences of Lockdown

St Gabriel's school staff sharing activities for special school learners

Surviving Through Story, from Dr Nicola Grove of the Open Storytellers Project and friends.

The Listening Passport - a wellbeing intervention encouraging us to be aware of our auditory environments

The Scottish Story Telling Centre Inclusive Story Telling on Saturdays live online.

The Sensory Dispensary have activities available to download from TES SEN website

The Sensory Projects has free project packs for inclusive learning

Live Activities

Drag Queen Story Hour Mondays and Fridays at 2pm

Jensory - Messy Mondays, Wow Wednesdays and Fun Fridays

Live music sessions with a music therapist at 11am on Tuesdays

Massage Stories Tuesdays and Thursdays 2pm

Science experiments with professor Zob at 2pm also history, english and maths

Soundabout inclusive music sessions on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 2pm

Tac Pac 11am live streaming sessions

The Sensory Spectacle twice weekly sensory makes at 2pm on Mondays and Thursdays

Mixed Resource Packs

31 pages of activity ideas for special school learners (download at the bottom of the page)

A youtube channel from a special school teacher Lorraine for her class, includes art activities and songs.

Ash Field Academy

Bridgend School Interactive computer activities

Crownbridge school home learning activities

Distance learning resources compiled by the Special Needs Jungle

Newfield school

Northern Ireland's fantastic thematic units for students with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

Oakwood Academy provision for special education

Positive Eye Ideas Machine

Resource list including social stories about COVID19

Riverside School - Coronavirus Home Resources

Sensory and messy play activities for children with additional needs

Springwood Primary

Summer Activities pack for students with profound and multiple learning disabilities (and everyone else too!)

Ways to learn through play

Other

British Sign Language online course

Let's talk about ADHD - YouTube

Social and Physical Activities

Accessible PE activities

Create your own at home birthday party - with songs and story

Gympanzees inclusive movement challenges

Online inclusive dance classes from DanceSyndrome

TacPac set five

Weekly online movement sessions for people with movement disorders from PACES

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