Supporting special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - information leaflets for use by schools

Attention difficulties

• Meeting the needs of children and young people with attention difficulties (PDF, 1.1mb)

Autism and social communication

• Autism and Social Communication - information for schools (PDF, 727.3kb)

Bullying

• Anti-bullying (PDF, 263.4kb)

Communication and interaction

• Speech & Language Support Programme (SALSP) - information for schools (PDF, 866.8kb)

English as an additional language (EAL)

• Arabic students in English schools (PDF, 3.2mb)
• Assessing English as an additional language (EAL) pupils - information for secondary schools (PDF, 2.4mb)
• English literature for new arrivals (PDF, 477.3kb)  
• Supporting children with English as an additional language - information for primary school teaching assistants (PDF, 317.5kb)
• Supporting children with English as an additional language - information for teaching assistants/peer mentors (PDF, 313.1kb)

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT)

• Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) Education (PDF, 367.2kb)

Health needs

• Students with health needs (PDF, 351.3kb)
• Making Mental Health Everybody's Business - A Practitioner's Guide (PDF, 543.2kb)

Hearing impairment

• Deaf awareness in your classroom (PDF, 1.3mb)
• Providing transport for hearing impaired children (PDF, 188.5kb)

Movement difficulties

• Movement support (PDF, 1.3mb)

Social, emotional and mental health (SEMH)

• An introduction to social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) - CPD training for school based staff (PDF, 459.4kb)
• Social, emotional and mental health (PDF, 899.1kb)

Sensory impairment

• Pre-school children who have a sensory impairment and complex needs (PDF, 654.0kb)

Using symbols

• Guidelines for the use of symbols in County Durham schools (PDF, 1.5mb)

Visual impairment

• Children and young people who have a visual impairment (PDF, 884.0kb)
• Strategies to support pupils who are visually impaired (PDF, 1.5mb)
• Tips for working with children with a visual impairment (PDF, 817.2kb)
• Training visual skills (PDF, 886.0kb)
• Working with a child with a visual impairment (PDF, 1013.8kb)