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Checklist for Setting Access Visit

Early Years Case Studies Conditions Curriculum Useful Links

A checklist for Early Year’s settings to support and enable inclusion and independence for children aged 0-4.

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8 Scissor Skills

Early Years Training

Ideas for developing cutting skills including pre-cutting exercises, activities that require no additional equipment and examples of cutting

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9 Play Clay and Dough

Early Years Training

Activities to improve skills with play dough to help support development across the foundation stage.  This includes recipes for play dough and play clay.

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Top Tips Early ICT Skills

Early Years Top Tips Training

Top Tips to support pupils in the Early Years ICT Skills.  This includes keyboard and touch typing skills and troubleshooting tips.

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Top Tips Early Skills

Early Years Top Tips Training

Top Tips on technology to support and develop pupils in the Early Years ICT Skills.

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Top Tips Risk Assessment

Early Years, Schools Top Tips Training

Information to consider when completing Risk Assessments including links to relevant websites and professionals to contact.

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Duchenne Training Slides

Early Years Conditions Training

Training slides on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) providing, key issues to consider, strategies to enable access to the school day and curriculum and further information.

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Ideas for Finger Gym Boxes

Early Years, Schools Training

How to create a finger gym and ideas on items to include.  A finger gym can support the development of fine motor skills and can be used to promote social skills if shared with a peer.

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Disability Rights Fire Safety Advice for Learners with PD

Schools, Post-16 Health & Safety e.g. risk, manual handling Useful Links

Fire safety risk assessment supplementary guide that provides additional information on accessibility and means of escape for disabled people.

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Pdnet Medical Needs

Individual Environmental Access Audit

The Role of the Teacher working with Pupils with PD

Pdnet Top Tips Early Skills

Top Tips for LSA Supporting Pupils with PD

Durham Pupil Risk Assessment Form Example

Checklist for School Access Visit

Pupil Profile and Advice Template

WCC SEND Toileting Guidance

Secondary PE Leaflet Advice

The Educational Implications of Epilepsy

Swimming Checklist

Warwickshire Access Pro forma

A Manual Wheelchair in School

A Splint in my Shoe

A Standing Frame in my Classroom

Have you thought about adapted PE

A Powered Wheelchair in School

Doing Fine

Getting Around School with a Walking Aid

PE; Including children and young people with physical disabilities

Risk Assessment for Home Working

Supporting Achievement for Pupils with PD in PE

Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions

Planning School Trips

Top Tips for Crossing the Midline

Top Tips for Left-Handers with PD

Using Specialist Seating in Schools or Settings

Top Tips Seating and Posture

Swimming Symbols

6 Finger Gym and Suppliers

Spina Bifida

7 Two Handed Tasks

PNI Transition planning

10 Point Checklist to Help Decide if a Child or Young Person Needs a Handling Plan

10 Writing Rap

PNI Guidance on Sleeping in School

Construction Toys

PNI Good practice guidance for intimate care

Developing Writing Skills for Pupils with Motor Co-ordination Difficulties

Planning a school residential trip

Fine Motor Skills Activities

Physical Management Planning

Finger Gym*

PD Template for Management Plan

Neuromuscular Conditions

Motor Skills Advice for Secondary Schools

Handbook Curriculum

Motor Skills Advice for Primary Schools

Self Esteem*

Managing Intimate and Personal Care in Schools and Post 16 Settings

Mainstream Physical Education for the Student who uses a Wheelchair

Pupil Pushing a Wheelchair

Individual Environmental Access Audit

Risk Assessment – Crutches

Including Children and Young People with Medical Needs

Risk Assessment – Manual Wheelchair

Ideas for Finger Gym boxes

Early Years, Schools Training

How to create a finger gym and ideas on items to include.  A finger gym can support the development of fine motor skills and can be used to promote social skills if shared with a peer.

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Risk Assessment – Wheelchair use

Equality and Human Rights Reasonable Adjustments for Disabled Pupils Guidance

Cerebral Palsy Power Point training slides

Top Tips Risk Assessments

Early Years, Schools Top Tips Training

Information to consider when completing Risk Assessments including links to relevant websites and professionals to contact.

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Assessing the risk

Top Tips Support CYP with PD to Organise

Advice for Education Settings

Warwickshire Pupil Handling Risk Assessment Template

Wheelchair Awareness

WM classroom guide

Supported Internship Guidance

16 to 19 Study Programmes Guidance

Inclusion of Swimmers with a Disability

SEND Reform Guide

Supporting Children and Young People to Stay Safe Online

pdnet Case Studies, Special School

pdnet Case Studies, School

Audit Tool for Transition Planning

Top Tips Keyboard Recognition Skills

Benny’s Shunt Malfunction poster

Friend Benny Membership Form

Guidance and Activity booklet

Assessment Strategies for Children and Young People with Hydrocephalus

Hydrocephalus – Quick Teaching Tips

Hydrocephalus – Medical Alerts

Ipad Apps for Complex Communication Support Needs

Disability Books

Shine FAQs Physical Disability and Educational Settings

Shine Inclusive PE, Games and Sports Days in Mainstream Schools

SEN and Hydrocephalus at a glance

SEN and Hydrocephalus at a glance

Hydrocephalus – SEN Support Planning

Arthritis (Juvenile Idiopathic)

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Congenital Muscular Dystrophies

Cerebral Palsy

Dyspraxia (Development Coordination Disorder)

Hydrocephalus

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Lower Limb Abnormalities

Muscular Dystrophy

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bones)

Perthes Disease

Restricted Growth

Spina Bifida

Upper Limb Abnormalities

Gross Motor Skills Activities to Promote Jumping

Gross Motor Skills Activities to Promote Balance

Gross Motor Skills Activities to Promote Ball Skills Catching and Throwing

Gross Motor Skills Activities to Promote Coordination and Sequencing Skills

Gross Motor Skills Activities to Promote Core Stability

Gross Motor Skills Activities to Promote Hopping

Gross Motor Skills Activities to Promote Running

Gross Motor Skills Activities to Promote Skipping

Gross Motor Skills Checklist

Gross Motor Skills

Gross Motor Skills Activities for Obstacle Course

Rhymes to support Body Awareness

Apps for Study

Exam Technique and Revision

Staying calm before and during exams

Who’s Who Contact Sheet

All about me

Talking with parents

Guidance for Transition from Nursery to School

Cerebral Palsy – awareness raising training

Pre Risk Assessment Checklist

The Equality Act 2010 in Settings

Checklist for Child Starting Preschool setting

Definition of Terms

Passport for Reception entry – All About Me

Successful Transition

Continence Confidence

Top Tips Toys for Early Years Children with SEND

Toys for Early Years Children with SEND – Safety

Early Years – Fiction books

Foundation and KS1 Fiction Books

Early Years – Reference books

Personal, Social, Emotional Development and Wellbeing

Self-Help Skills

Dressing Skills

Dressing Skills CTS

Getting Seating Right!

Gross Motor Skills – Posture

Rulers

Transport for School Trips

Top Tips for trips

Cerebral Palsy

Short Stature

Managing Continence in School

Audit for settings

Case Study – Art Painting

Case Study – Art Portraiture

Transition Case Study

Transition – Y9 Mid-Term Case Study

My Views Pupil feedback form – school age

Parent feedback form – school age

Inclusion in Physical Education and School Sports

pdnet Medical Needs

Schools, Post-16 Health & Safety e.g. risk, manual handling Training Well-Being

Information regarding the Department for Education guidance to supporting pupils at School with Medical Conditions.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 1.1 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 1.1

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Individual Environmental Access Audit

Early Years, Schools Health & Safety e.g. risk, manual handling

A risk assessment that suggests the reasonable adjustments schools should consider to enable a child access to the school and its curriculum.

This resource links to the Early Years pdnet Standards 1.5, 3.1, 3.7, 4.5 and Schools pdnet Standards 1.5, 3.1, 3.6, 4.4

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The Role of the Teacher working with Pupils with PD

Schools Guidance Top Tips

Tops tips for Teachers working with pupils with physical disabilities.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 1.4

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pdnet Top Tips Early Skills

Early Years, Schools Top Tips Training

Top Tips on technology to support and develop pupils in the Early Years ICT Skills.

This resource links the Early Years and Schools pdnet Standards

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Durham Pupil Risk Assessment Form Example

Schools Health & Safety e.g. risk, manual handling

A pupil risk assessment form including the assessment of tasks and the pupils ability and levels of independence.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 1.4

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Checklist for School Access Visit

Schools, Post-16 Health & Safety e.g. risk, manual handling

A checklist for School settings to support and enable inclusion and independence for children

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 2.1 and 2.4 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 2.1

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Pupil Profile and Advice Template

Schools, Post-16 Health & Safety e.g. risk, manual handling Well-Being

A Pupil Profile and Advice form to support Physical Disability teams level of intervention.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 2.1 and 3.6 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.6

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WCC SEND Toileting Guidance

Early Years, Schools Guidance Training

Guidance on special toileting needs in schools and early years’ settings.

This resource links to Early Years and Schools pdnet Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.6, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5

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Secondary PE Leaflet Advice

Schools Guidance Health & Safety e.g. risk, manual handling Well-Being

Supporting Secondary Pupils with Physical Disabilities in P.E

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 2.1 and 3.1

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The Educational Implications of Epilepsy

Early Years, Schools Conditions Guidance

A resource intended to support staff in improving educational outcomes for students who have epilepsy.

This resource links to the Early Years and Schools pdnet Standards 1.4, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.3, 4.5

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Swimming Checklist

Schools, Post-16 Health & Safety e.g. risk, manual handling

A checklist to support pupils with a physical disability during their swimming lessons.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 2.4, 3.1 and 4.4 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 4.4

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Warwickshire Access Pro forma

Schools, Post-16 Health & Safety e.g. risk, manual handling

An access pro forma to support pupils with a physical disability at school.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 2.4 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 2.4

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A Manual Wheelchair in School

Schools, Post-16 Guidance Health & Safety e.g. risk, manual handling

Information and advice for schools and settings on manual wheelchairs.

This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.2 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.2

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A Splint in my Shoe

Schools, Post-16 Health & Safety e.g. risk, manual handling Well-Being

Information and advice for schools and settings on splints.

 This resource links to the Schools pdnet Standard 3.2 and Post 16 pdnet Standard 3.2

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