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SEN Strategies and Advice
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SEN Strategies and Advice

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Items included: **Teaching Strategies for ADHD: ** A well presented and useful A3 document that lists a number of teaching strategies for students with ADHD. Strategies are given to specifically target and support each area of difficulty. **Teaching Strategies for ASD: ** A well presented and useful A3 document that lists a number of teaching strategies for students with autism. Strategies are given to specifically target and support each area of difficulty. These are: Communication Fine Motor Skills Processing Social Skills Coping with Change Unstructured Times Sensory Difficulties Teaching Strategies for Dyslexia: A well presented and useful A3 document that lists a number of teaching strategies for students with dyslexia. Strategies are given to specifically target and support each area of difficulty. These are: Reading Spelling Handwriting Copying Processing Maths Focus Time management SEN Focused Teaching: Differentiation can sometimes feel like an overwhelming task that can complicate teaching, lesson planning and simply make our lives far more difficult. This useful A4 document details several strategies to use within your lesson in order to meet target many areas of difficulty for SEN students. **SEN Teaching Advice: ** The 0-25 SEND Code of Practice (2015) identifies ‘four broad areas of special educational need and support’: Communication and interaction; Cognition and learning; Social, emotional and mental health; Sensory and/or physical needs. This A3 document gives a brief explanation of each area of need, along with several points of teaching advice for those looking to support students with SEN. These strategies are by means an exhaustive list, but aim to provide teachers with some basic methods of support. SEN Strategies Takeaway Menu: A handy document that can be used by teaching staff. This document provides a list of teaching strategies that could be used to differentiate for SEN.
Spelling Punctuation and Grammar Booklet (SPAG)
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Spelling Punctuation and Grammar Booklet (SPAG)

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A fun and engaging wildlife themed booklet - designed to help students practice their key spelling, grammar and punctuation skills. This 26 page booklet contains activities and tasks covering: word classes prefixes / suffixes plurals verb tenses capital letters speech marks high frequency words proofreading end/ beginning sounds synonyms/ antonyms and more! This document can be used as a booklet or printed off as individual worksheets. Perfect for whole class use, SEND/EAL/Lower ability interventions, homework, home learning and more.
Teaching Strategies for Autism (ASD)
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Teaching Strategies for Autism (ASD)

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A well presented and useful A3 document that lists a number of teaching strategies for students with autism. Strategies are given to specifically target and support each area of difficulty. These are: Communication Fine Motor Skills Processing Social Skills Coping with Change Unstructured Times Sensory Difficulties
Language Devices Worksheets
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Language Devices Worksheets

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A set of six worksheets covering: Personification Alliteration Onomatopoeia Rhetorical Questions Metaphors Similes Perfect for intervention groups, home learning, prep work, homework, EAL / SEN / lower ability differentiation and more.
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Booklet - SPORTS
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Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Booklet - SPORTS

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A fun and engaging sports-themed booklet - designed to help students practice their key spelling, grammar and punctuation skills. This 28 page booklet contains activities and tasks covering: word classes prefixes / suffixes plurals verb tenses capital letters speech marks high frequency words proofreading end/ beginning sounds synonyms/ antonyms and more! This document can be used as a booklet or printed off as individual worksheets. Perfect for whole class use, SEND/EAL/Lower ability interventions, homework, home learning and more. Check out my shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3 & KS4, Literacy and whole school resources.
SEMH MENTAL HEALTH BOOKLET / WORKSHEETS
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SEMH MENTAL HEALTH BOOKLET / WORKSHEETS

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A comprehensive and visually appealing booklet centered around wellbeing and mental health. This 17 page booklet contains a variety of tasks covering: Positive thinking Mood tracking Coping strategies Identifying triggers Goal setting Actions and consequences and much more! Perfect for kids and teenagers in a home or school setting to help students understand and manage their own mental health and wellbeing. Suitable for anxiety, mood related disorders etc.
Teaching Strategies for ADHD
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Teaching Strategies for ADHD

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A well presented and useful A3 document that lists a number of teaching strategies for students with ADHD. Strategies are given to specifically target and support each area of difficulty.
SEN Focused Teaching
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SEN Focused Teaching

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Differentiation can sometimes feel like an overwhelming task that can complicate teaching, lesson planning and simply make our lives far more difficult. This useful A4 document details several strategies to use within your lesson in order to meet target many areas of difficulty for SEN students.
Phonics Worksheets
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Phonics Worksheets

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A range of worksheets designed to help students to improve their knowledge of letter-sound relationships and patterns, along with their decoding abilities to improve reading accuracy. This bundle includes: Rhyming words - 8 worksheets Identifying beginning sounds - 8 worksheets Identifying end sounds - 8 worksheets Building words - 13 worksheets decoding three syllable words - 3 worksheets A fantastic resource for SEN / Lower ability/ EAL students, along with those with difficulties associated with dyslexia. Perfect for in class differentiation, homework/ prep work tasks or interventions. Check out my shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3 & KS4, Literacy and whole school resources. Phonics Display / Cards Rhyme Bingo Game (Phonics) [Synonyms Starter / Plenary Tasks - Vocabulary (http://https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/synonyms-starter-plenary-tasks-vocabulary-12083511) Bank of Literacy Starters (Two Bonus Social Skills Activities!) Comprehension and Inference Worksheets (SEN/ Intervention)
Teaching Strategies for Students with Dyslexia
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Teaching Strategies for Students with Dyslexia

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A well presented and useful A3 document that lists a number of teaching strategies for students with dyslexia. Strategies are given to specifically target and support each area of difficulty. These are: Reading Spelling Handwriting Copying Processing Maths Focus Time management
SEN Teaching Advice
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SEN Teaching Advice

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The 0-25 SEND Code of Practice (2015) identifies ‘four broad areas of special educational need and support’: Communication and interaction; Cognition and learning; Social, emotional and mental health; Sensory and/or physical needs. This A3 document gives a brief explanation of each area of need, along with several points of teaching advice for those looking to support students with SEN. These strategies are by means an exhaustive list, but aim to provide teachers with some basic methods of support.
Listening Skills Worksheets / Activities
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Listening Skills Worksheets / Activities

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These worksheets are prefect for students with poor auditory / concentration skills, along with those with difficulties with working memory. This download includes ten worksheets to practice and develop student’s listening skills through colouring and drawing activities. Detailed teacher instructions are provided, along with individual instructions for each of the ten worksheets. These worksheets are perfect for use in small groups, EAL / SEND interventions and one-to-one work.
Homophone Cards - Spelling, Phonics
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Homophone Cards - Spelling, Phonics

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**Fantastic value ** This set of 72 cards contains 32 pairs of homophones. Each card also includes an image, along with a sentence to illustrate each homophone in context. This resource is suitable for a wide range of ages and abilities and is perfect for use within spelling / phonics interventions, during 1:1 teaching, as a classroom resource or for lower ability / SEND / EAL group teaching.
Feelings and Emotions Spelling / Handwriting Booklet
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Feelings and Emotions Spelling / Handwriting Booklet

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A useful booklet that can also be used as individual worksheets for a class or group. Students are given a word related to feelings and emotions and asked to trace the word twice, before writing the word themselves in the space provided. They then complete the word with the missing letters before completing the word pyramid. Words increase in size and difficulty as students progress through the booklet. Check out my shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3 & KS4, Literacy and whole school resources.
Occupations and Hobbies Spelling / Handwriting Booklet
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Occupations and Hobbies Spelling / Handwriting Booklet

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A useful booklet that can also be used as individual worksheets for a class or group. Students are given a word related to occupations and hobbies and asked to trace the word twice, before writing the word themselves in the space provided. They then complete the word with the missing letters before completing the word pyramid. Words increase in size and difficulty as students progress through the booklet. Check out my shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3 & KS4, Literacy and whole school resources.
ELSA /  Social Skills Game
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ELSA / Social Skills Game

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A fun and engaging game that is perfect for ELSA / Friendship Support / Mindfulness / Social Skills intervention groups etc. Can be played with two or more players - all you will need is a dice and some counters. Students work their way around the board by answering question about themselves, the first student to reach the finish is the winner of the game! Game mat can be printed laminated for future use.
Understanding and Differentiating for SEN
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Understanding and Differentiating for SEN

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Two A3 Documents included in this download. These can be used separately or printed back-to-back to create a fantastic double-sided A3 SEN ‘cheat sheet’. Differentiation can sometimes feel overwhelming, with the need to adjust or modify your lesson to ensure that every student’s needs are met. We are also often told to ‘differentiate’ - but without much clue of how to actually do this. This document is here to help! This resource contains: An overview of all four areas of needs Basic teaching strategies for each area of need An explanation of what ‘SEN’ means Detailed, specific strategies for differentiation for ASD, ADHD and Dyslexia It is important to be aware that each child is different and not every strategy with work for every student in every lesson. This resource aims to give you a clear and detailed list of a range of strategies that you can use to help support students in class. Check out my shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3 & KS4, Literacy and whole school resources.