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Special Needs Websites

General Websites

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/sen/
*****Teachernet – SEN – excellent content with regular PDF updates available for Acrobat reader

http://www.educational-psychologist.co.uk/interventions.htm
***** Excellent resource for anyone working with children having special educational needs – useful checklists included! 

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/otherresources/target/senpupils
Target setting for children with special educational needs

http://www.therapy-in-praxis-ltd.co.uk/ Therapy in Praxis – useful content

http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/education/sen.html Special Educational Needs – an excellent overview

http://www.geocities.com/SEN_resources/resources.html Special Educational Needs resources for basic Literacy & Numeracy skills

http://www.becta.org.uk/leaders/display.cfm?section=6 Becta – inclusion

http://inclusion.ngfl.gov.uk/ NGFL – Inclusion

http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&cat=002 Becta - SEN & Inclusion

Useful Checklists

http://www.educational-psychologist.co.uk/adhdcklist.htm ADHD

http://www.educational-psychologist.co.uk/autismcklist.htm Autism

http://www.educational-psychologist.co.uk/dyslexiacklist.htm Dyslexia

http://www.educational-psychologist.co.uk/dyspraxiccklist.htm Dyspraxia

ADHD

http://www.newman.ac.uk/studweb/adhd/basics.html A useful outline

http://www.educational-psychologist.co.uk/adhdclassrm.htm Managing ADD in the classroom

http://www.focusonadhd.com/ Focus on ADHD with e-mail update feature

http://www.nice.org.uk/article.asp?a=11683  Use of Methylphenidate (Ritalin, Equasym) for ADHD in childhood - Questions and Answers

DYSLEXIA

http://www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk/ The Dyslexia Institute – Part of the National Grid for Learning

http://www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk  British Dyslexia Association

http://www.rmplc.co.uk/orgs/nellalex/ The Arts dyslexic trust

http://fp03-146.web.dircon.net/ 
Dyslextichelp.co.uk – the website for parents of children with dyslexia

http://www.dyxi.com/home.htm D Y X I - A site for Dyslexics, written by Dyslexics... AUTISM

http://www.nas.org.uk/ The National Autistic Society – new URL!

http://www.aboutautism.org.uk/
About Autism – a Parent’s Perspective

http://osiris.sunderland.ac.uk/autism/ The Autism Research Unit (University of Sunderland)

http://autism.about.com/ What you need to know about… Autism 

DOWN SYNDROME

http://www.down-syndrome.info/ The Down syndrome Information Network – a comprehensive site on the subject 

http://www.43green.freeserve.co.uk/uk_downs_syndrome/ukdsinfo.html UK Resources for Down syndrome – an excellent collection of links

DYSPRAXIA

http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/ The Dyspraxia Foundation

http://www.dyspraxiaireland.com/ The Dyspraxia Association – Ireland

http://www.hiddenhandicap.co.uk/ Dyspraxia – the hidden handicap

Gifted Children

http://xcalibre.ac.uk/udev/index.html Resources and activities for gifted and talented children, covering different subject areas

http://www.nexus.edu.au/teachstud/gat/fer_sout.htm The Young Gifted Child at School-strategies for teaching

http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/help.gift.html Helping your highly gifted child. Especially good for parents

http://www.nc.uk.net/gt/ A host of information and subject specific resources for gifted and talented. An excellent resource for teachers.

Bullying Issues

http://www.kidscape.org.uk/professionals/professionalsindex.shtml Kidscape

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tacklingbullying/antibullyingpack/ Don’t suffer in silence – an anti-bullying pack for schools

http://www.childline.org.uk/ Childline

http://www.ncb.org.uk/aba/ The anti-bullying alliance


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