SENCO resources, SALT, literacy, skill development

www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/activities-for-developing-skills-1106
Take time to look at this link, as some great ideas to download to develop a whole range of skills :- auditory discrimination, memory, visual perception, phonological awareness, word finding, grammar, social communication, gross and fine motor skills etc.

Free SENCO resources

www.specialdirect.com/FreeResources.aspx

Why not have something for free?

Take a look at this resource web page - lots of free samples............

* My Task organiser

* Speech and language equipment checklist

* Handwriting and motor support

* Handwriting assessment

There are also some lovely cartoons - scroll down ! very funny and would add a smile to your face ...........' Icy tea' and 'Hanger Management' are very good !

www.classroom-assistant.net/hints.html

Good fact sheet to print out to give to all LSA’s/ Class teachers / parents – clearly outlines good practice tips and hints which could relate to many areas of SEN not just Dyslexia.

www.sums.co.uk/
Great maths website – send for free CD rom – highly recommended – all key stages.

My team are all using this at the moment and the feedback is really good- well worth sending for the free CD.

www.teachingexpertise.com/special-educational-needs
A quick and easy way to keep up to date with issues that affect all SENCO's/LSA's etc.
This week when looking there were really good articles on
Golden rules for adults
Developing attention and memory
Each article only a page long - very quick way to keep up to date with issues and sharing of good practice.

Welcome to the launch of our new SERC blog !!

From this date onwards the SERC newsletter will be no more .......... instead all the useful links can be searched for here.

I am hoping to upload weekly links, information and websites and once a month you will receive an update email.

Hopefully if you are looking for something specific you can search the site to make tracking down resources quicker and free !!

We would welcome any feedback

If you would like to contact us direct please email

Suman.Virdee@redbridge.gov.uk with any initial enquires.

if you have any good practice / websites you would like us to profile please send through and we will upload them.

Clair, Garry and Suman