Resources for schools
Support services
Where there are persistent concerns about a child or young person’s inattentiveness, with or without hyperactivity, despite a graduated approach, and these are having a significant impact on their day-to-day life, further specialist assessment can be requested by a health professional (for example, the GP or the school nursing team).
Further reading and information
- NASEN module – Memory for learning
- Cognitive Science in the Classroom | EEF
- NASEN module – Understanding executive function
- NASEN webinar – Principles of Assessment and Metacognition
- SEND environmental audit – primary
- SEND environmental audit – secondary
- FLEX toolkit: Resources Bank
ADHD
- Understanding the Strengths and Difficulties of ADHD: a guide for teachers
- ADHD UK
- NASEN webinar – ADHD
Books for teachers
- The Anxiety Workbook for Supporting Teens Who Learn Differently
- Simple Stuff to Get Kids Self-Regulating in School
Transition support
- Supporting transitions
- Making Transitions Easier for Autistic Learners
- Supporting Learners with Transitions
Resources to share with parents
- The EPIC Strategy Booklet: a guide for parents
- Understanding the Strengths and Difficulties of ADHD: a guide for parents
- Understanding the Strengths and Difficulties of Neurodivergent Children: a guide for parents
- ADHD UK
- Brainsmart games – BBC
- Ready, steady, go games
- The Choiceworks app helps children complete daily routines (morning, day and night), understand and manage feelings and improve waiting skills.
- Apps such as Evernote and phone or tablet functions can support organisation in older children and young people.
- Backward chaining: teaching young ones self-care | CFHD
- Learning Independence and Organisation Skills
- Working memory difficulties – advice for parents
- Interoception: The 8th Sense Every Parent Should Know About (Video)
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