Physical Needs - Useful Resources
Toileting and self-care
- Whole school approach to inclusive access
- Children and Young People’s Continence Service – Paediatric Continence Service – Somerset NHS
- Occupational Therapy Checklist (Word Document)
Sitting and seating
- Whole school approach to inclusive access. Refer to Seating for schools presentation (Word document)
Handwriting and fine motor skills
Coordination and mobility
- Moving and Handling risk assessment (MH1) (Word document)
- Occupational Therapy Checklist (Word document)
Useful Resources from the Access and Assistive Technology Team – Support Services for Education
Physical Needs - Training
- Access training from the Access and Assistive Technology Team – Support Services for Education (SSE)
- Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) – generic one-hour online training. Information can be found on the SSE Access and Assistive Technology page
- Personal and Intimate care. Information can be found on the SSE website link above
- Evacuation Chair training – setting specific three hours of training. Information can be found on the SSE website link above
- Curriculum access through IT. Information can be found on the SSE website link above
- PDnet – Raising Awareness of Physical Disability, level 1: Level 1 Training – pdnet
Physical Needs - Who else can help
- Call Somerset Inclusion Advice Line on 0300 123 2224
- Somerset’s Inclusion Tool and Inclusion Advice Line for schools
Referral to AAT
See below for more information for children and young people diagnosed with:
- Cerebral palsy – NHS
- Cerebral Palsy Sport – CP Sport
- Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) – CanChild
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis – JIA
- Muscular dystrophy – NHS
- Rheumatoid Arthritis – NRAS
- Spina Bifida – NHS
Visit Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership’s Disability Sport page for more information.
Visual Impairment - Useful Resources
Access useful resources from the Vision Support Team.
- Vision Support Team Resources – Support Services for Education
- Environmental Self-Audit – Support Services for Education (free to access) of a school site for a child or young person with a vision impairment
- Classroom self-audit – Support Services for Education (free to access) for a child or young person with a vision impairment
Visual Impairment - Training
Access visual impairment training from the Vision Support Team – Support Services for Education.
Visual Impairment - Who else can help
- Call the Somerset Inclusion Advice Line on 0300 123 2224
- Somerset’s Inclusion Tool and Inclusion Advice Line for schools
- RNIB advice for education professionals has some excellent curriculum resources and help sheets
- Somerset Sight have a shop in Taunton for resources, a mobile advisory service which provides low vision aids, advice and guidance and the organisation runs many fun events for children and young people with vision impairment
- Guide Dogs UK Charity For The Blind And Partially Sighted
- Families Support Team – Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) their Families Support Team has practitioners who look to support the wellbeing and confidence of children and young people and their families
- Parents and Carers Archives – Habilitation VI UK – This provides information aimed at mobility and independent living skills
- Eye Clinic Liaison Officers (ECLO) – Ophthalmology (Eyes) – Somerset NHS
- Bristol Eye Hospital – ECLO – weblinks for Eye Clinic Liaison Officers (ECLOs) at a couple of Somerset hospitals. ECLO can offer a range of assistance which may include guidance, emotional support, eye condition information, details of available benefits and helpful organisations, sight loss registration and employment matters
- The Amber Trust provides free to access resources and ideas to engage children and young people with vision impairment with music
- Activity Finder – British Blind Sport aims to encourage children and adults with vision impairment of all ages to take part in activities and play sport at every level
- Somerset Cricket Foundation – The Somerset Cricket Board offer a number of inclusive cricket sessions around Somerset (including Frome, Yeovil, Chard) for different ages
- Play Therapy Pods – Newlife Charity – A service that loans sensory toys for twelve weeks at a time
- Living Paintings – A free to access postal library of Touch to See books for children and young people with a vision impairment
Hearing Impairment - Useful Resources
Teachers can use the questionnaires below when they have concerns about a child or young person’s hearing ability.
Primary
- SoundSkills – TEAP – (PDF Form), free to access
- S.I.F.T.E.R – Sound Skills (PDF), free to access
Secondary
- Secondary – S.I.F.T.E.R – Sound Skills (PDF) free to access
- Complete NatSIP self-audit tools or the classroom and school environment, free to access
- Information and resources can be found at Hearing Support Team – Support Services for Education
- Discuss concerns with parents and encourage them to make a doctor’s appointment for referral to audiology
- Consider if the child or young person also had their eyes checked
Hearing impairment - Training
Access hearing impairment training from the Hearing Support Team – Support Services for Education.
Hearing Impairment - Who else can help
- Call the Somerset Inclusion Advice Line on 0300 123 2224
- Somerset’s Inclusion Tool and Inclusion Advice Line for schools
- Hearing Support Team for deaf children and young people works with children and young people from birth up to 16 years old, or up to 25 years old if they have an Education and Health Care plan
- National Deaf Children’s Society – supporting deaf children – work with families and professionals to overcome the social and educational barriers that hold deaf children back
Hearing Impairment - Further reading
- DELTA: Deaf Education Through Listening and Talking – Deaf Education – a charity that supports families with deaf babies, children and young people, and the practitioners in Health and Education that work with them
- British Association Teacher of the Deaf – BATOD – the sole professional association for Teachers of the Deaf in the UK
- The Elizabeth Foundation for Preschool Deaf Children – help young deaf children to listen and talk
- Ewing Foundation a national charity, promoting inclusion and achievement for deaf children and young people through listening and speaking
- National Sensory Impairment Partnership – NatSIP – supports colleagues from the frontline workforce who are new to working with children and young people with sensory impairment. They also have a wealth of research, information and resources to support children and young people with sensory impairment
- Find the Best Hearing Aid Solution – Hearing Devices – Phonak – an international hearing aid manufacturer
- National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN): video specific to hearing impairment