Additional Resources
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Links to guidance and advice: Top Tips for parents and carers: Talking about Mental Health: Statutory Guidance
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Links to guidance and advice: Learning disability advice and helpline: https://www.mencap.org.uk/advice-and-support British Dyslexia Association: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/dyslexia PATOSS-Dyslexia, students’ Advice: https://www.patoss-dyslexia.org/ Advice for parents from the Alliance for Inclusive Education: https://www.allfie.org.uk/audiences/parents/ Support for people with autism and learning disabilities:
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Links to guidance and advice: Fantasticdyspraxic offer a blog and useful advice for parents: https://www.fantasticdyspraxic.co.uk/ Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) advice: http://www.movementmattersuk.org/default.aspx Support for people with autism and learning disabilities: National Autistic Society: Autism Society: https://www.autism-society.org/
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| COVID 19 resources and advice for children with special educational needs and their families
Tips to support your child’s wellbeing during lockdown: https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/supporting-your-child-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/
COVID 19 FAQs advice for families https://www.reachingfamilies.org.uk/coronavirus-faq.html
Government advice how to make learning from home possible for children with SEND: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/help-children-with-send-continue-their-education-during-coronavirus-covid-19
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How to talk to children about Coronavirus: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/coronavirus/talking-to-children Advice how to talk to children about Covid 19: https://www.place2be.org.uk/about-us/news-and-blogs/2020/march/coronavirus-information-for-children/ Cheshire East Mental Health Service Covid 19: https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/livewell/campaigns/covid-19-information-point/mental-health-help-for-young-people.aspx Tips for parents of children with attention deficit disorder: https://www.good-thinking.uk/coronavirus/advice-for/parents-children-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/
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Dyslexia Homeschooling support: http://addressingdyslexia.org/supporting-children-and-young-people-home-covid-19 Video to support children with dyslexia with learning from home: https://studyingwithdyslexiablog.co.uk/parent-support Information pack (easy to read) for families by the Down’s Syndrome Association: https://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/download-package/coronavirus-what-is-it-how-to-stay-safe-easy-read/
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Resources for learners on the autistic spectrum: http://www.starsteam.org.uk/coronavirus-resources Carol Gray’s picture story to explain COVID 19 to children with SEND and Autism: https://carolgraysocialstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pandemics-and-the-Coronavirus.pdf National Autistic Society Covid 19 advice:
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Support for home-learning with a hearing impairment: https://www.ndcs.org.uk/blog/coronavirus-and-support-for-deaf-children-information-for-families/
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