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) [1MB]

Autism and social communication

• Autism and Social Communication - information for schools (PDF) [727KB]

Bullying

• Anti-bullying (PDF) [263KB]

Cognition and learning

• Cognition and Learning Motor and Sensory Team (PDF) [698KB]
• Specific learning difficulties (PDF) [4MB]
• Are you sitting comfortably? (PDF) [3MB]

Communication and interaction

• Speech & Language Support Programme (SALSP) - information for schools (PDF) [866KB]

English as an Additional Language (EAL)

• Arabic students in English schools (PDF) [3MB]
• Assessing English as an additional language (EAL) pupils - information for secondary schools (PDF) [2MB]
• English literature for new arrivals (PDF) [477KB]  
• Supporting children with English as an additional language - information for primary school teaching assistants (PDF) [317KB]
• Supporting children with English as an additional language - information for teaching assistants/peer mentors (PDF) [313KB]

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT)

• Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) Education (PDF) [367KB]

Health needs

• Students with health needs (PDF) [351KB]
• Making Mental Health Everybody's Business - A Practitioner's Guide (PDF) [543KB]

Hearing impairment

• Deaf awareness in your classroom (PDF) [1MB]
• Providing transport for hearing impaired children (PDF) [188KB]

Movement difficulties

• Movement support (PDF) [1MB]

Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)

• An introduction to social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) - CPD training for school based staff (PDF) [459KB]
• Social, emotional and mental health (PDF) [899KB]

Sensory impairment

• Pre-school children who have a sensory impairment and complex needs (PDF) [653KB]

Using symbols

• Guidelines for the use of symbols in County Durham schools (PDF) [1MB]

Visual impairment

• Children and young people who have a visual impairment (PDF) [883KB]
• Strategies to support pupils who are visually impaired (PDF) [1MB]
• Tips for working with children with a visual impairment (PDF) [817KB]
• Training visual skills (PDF) [886KB]
• Working with a child with a visual impairment (PDF) [1013KB]