Resources for SENCOs, teachers and professionals

Speech and Language websites

• Literacy Trust
• Leeds Community Healthcare (CSLT tool kit)
• Black Sheep Press (Narrative Therapy etc.)
• Communications Trust – Free ‘Universally Speaking’ resource booklets; free online training and other resources
• Talking Point – You can do a simple assessment of a pupil you have concerns about (including KS3 pupils) which leads to further questioning and some general strategies.
• I Can Charity – Lots of information and resources available for purchase.
• Speech Teach – Free speech therapy games
• Children’s Therapy Service – Click on children’s therapy services and then ‘First call’ – each area has a selection of tabs you can choose from depending on the need.
• Makaton
• Chatter Pack – FREE Speech and language, OT, and many other SEND resources for families
• Speech Works – Free Language and Speech Resources for Parents
• Children’s Speech Therapy NI – Private Speech and Language Therapist Northern Ireland (Tips for parents)
• Speech blog UK – Top 10 websites for speech and language therapy
• Speech Therapy Resources – Speech and Language Therapy Ideas and Downloads for parents and teachers
• Speech And Language Kids – Free Speech and Language Resources
• POPAT – Information about the approach to teaching phonological awareness ‘POPAT is a new approach to phonics teaching with which pupils of all ages and abilities learn to speak clearly, read, write and spell’

Selective mutism

• Selective Mutism – Information and training for professionals and parents

Communication and Interaction (Autism)

• Autism – Information and advice for professionals and parents
• Autism Education Trust for Progression Framework
• PDA Society – Pathological Demand Avoidance – Part of the Autism Spectrum
• ASD Info Wales – Lots of information and subject-related ideas broken down into age groups
• CALL Scotland – Information and resources that can be printed off, including visual schedules
• Social Workers Toolbox – Search for autism to find lots of resources
• Very Well Health – Signs of autism in girls
• Widgit Software – Packages and programmes to enable schools to produce and provide visual support and activities
• http://alexkelly.biz – For the Talkabout series of books
• Black Sheep Press – Mr Goodguess is a useful resource for developing inference skills and the different meaning of words