Disability awareness scheme - KS 3 and 4 - free

http://www.scope.org.uk/help-and-information/education/speaking-ourselves

Speaking for Ourselves Disability teaching pack for secondary schools



"This excellent pack for key stages 3 and 4..." Times Educational Supplement
Made possible by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Speaking for Ourselves teaching pack has been produced to work, in particular, within the National Curriculum for pupils on Key Stages 3 and 4 studying History, English and Citizenship.
Other students or study groups looking at the social model of disability will also find this oral history of people with cerebral palsy highly relevant.
This free teaching pack contains:
•a 15-minute DVD (view our video now online)


•a CD-ROM featuring a PowerPoint slideshow and 60-minute Radio 4 documentary


•a teaching guide (download pdf now) with sources of information for study, both inside and outside the classroom


•topic sheets (download pdf now) with specific lesson ideas


•A2 timeline poster (download pdf now) for the classroom


Order free copies of Speaking for Ourselves teaching pack online.

Great leisure ,motor ideas for pupils with motor difficulties

http://www.boxofideas.org/ideas/?page_id=3383
Here is a great selection of ideas to help parents support their child with motor needs.
- Ball skills
- Core Stability
- Bike riding
- Scooter
- Archery
- Crafts
- Golf
- Horse riding
- Martial arts
- Photography
- Swimming
-Trampolining
- Play for fun
Click each link for further information and ideas

Hygiene for boys/ girls/ toiletting/dressing/ personal hygiene

http://www.boxofideas.org/ideas/?page_id=182
the Discovery Centre has put together a great website that has clear ideas, video clips and strategies to support social and emotional difficulties
These include
- Hygiene for boys/girls/adolescents
- dressing
- toileting
- food/eating
- Head lice treatment
- sleep

New free online typing programme

http://doorwayonline.org.uk/texttype.html
I have found a new visually very clear typing programme
Very simple, but effective- ideal for students who become distracted or who have a visual impairment.

Special help for special children- special gifts

http://www.wipeawaythosetears.org/
This local charity has purchased specific equipment and items to help a range of children with SEN
They have purchased IT equipment, bikes, beds, sensory room equipment

http://www.wipeawaythosetears.org/our-special-children-2010.html gives you an idea of who they have helped so far

Sibling support for pupils who have a sibling with SEN

http://www.sibs.org.uk/
Sibs is the UK charity for people who grow up with a disabled brother or sister. They support siblings who are growing up with or who have grown up with a brother or sister with any disability, long term chronic illness, or life limiting condition

http://www.youngcarers.net/
Great young person friendly website- good interactive links where people can blog, post on a forum, have help from an agony aunt etc
Also good links and clear information with regard to specific conditions and disabilities.

Accessible changing toilets in the community

http://www.changing-places.org/
The Changing Places Consortium has launched its campaign on behalf of those people who cannot use standard accessible toilets.This includes people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their carers, as well as many other disabled people.
There is a search box at the top, where you can type where you are going and all fully accessible toilets are highlighted on a map. Another link worth sharing with parents who have a child in a wheelchair.