Physical Needs - Useful Resources

Toileting and self-care

• Whole school approach to inclusive access DOCUMENT TO ADD HERE
• Children and Young People’s Continence Service – Paediatric Continence Service – Somerset NHS
• Occupational Therapy Checklist

Sitting and seating

• Whole school approach to inclusive access. Refer to Seating for schools presentation

Handwriting and fine motor skills

• Occupational Therapy Checklist

Coordination and mobility

• Risk assessment information can be found on Moving and Handling risk assessment (MH1)
• Occupational Therapy Checklist

Access to useful Resources from the Access and Assistive Technology Team – Support Services for Education

Physical Needs - Training

• Access training from Access and Assistive Technology Team – Support Services for Education
• Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) – generic one-hour online training. Information can be found on the SSE Access and Assistive Technology page
• Personal and Intimate care. Information can be found on the SSE Website
• Evacuation Chair training – setting specific three hours of training. Information can be found on the SSE Website
• Curriculum access through IT. Information can be found on the SSE Website
• PDnet – Raising Awareness of Physical Disability, level 1: pdnet Level 1 Training – pdnet

Physical Needs - Who else can help

• Somerset Inclusion Advice Line 0300 123 2224
• Somerset’s Inclusion Tool and Inclusion Advice Line for schools

Referral to AAT

Link to the Local Offer which explains the differences between the services and when to refer to which service Somerset’s SEND Local Offer

See below for more information for children and young people diagnosed with:

• Cerebral palsy – NHS
• Cerebral Palsy Sport (CP Sport)
• Developmental coordination disorder (DCD)
• Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
• Muscular dystrophy – NHS 
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Spina Bifida

Visit Somerset and Sports Partnership’s Disability Sport page for more information.

Visual Impairment - Useful Resources

Access useful resources from the Vision Support Team here:

• Vision Support Team Resources – Support Services for Education
• Environmental Self-Audit (free to access) of a school site for a child or young person with a vision  impairment
• Classroom self-audit (free to access) for a child or young person with a vision impairment

Visual Impairment - Training

Access training from the Vision Support Team – Support Services for Education.

Visual Impairment - Who else can help

• Somerset Inclusion Advice Line 0300 123 2224
• Somerset’s Inclusion Tool and Inclusion Advice Line for schools
• RNIB advice for education professionals has some excellent curriculum resources and help sheets
• Somerset Sight have a shop in Taunton for resources, a mobile advisory service which provides low vision aids, advice and guidance and the organisation runs many fun events for children and young people with vision impairment
• Guide Dogs UK Charity For The Blind And Partially Sighted
• Families First Service – Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) their Families First service has practitioners who look to support the wellbeing and confidence of children and young people and their families
• Parents and Carers Archives – Habilitation VI UK This provides information aimed at mobility and independent living skills
• Eye Clinic Liaison Officers (ECLO) – Ophthalmology (Eyes) – NHS
• Bristol Eye Hospital – ECLO – weblinks for Eye Clinic Liaison Officers (ECLOs) at a couple of Somerset hospitals. ECLOs can offer a range of assistance which may include guidance, emotional support, eye condition information, details of available benefits and helpful organisations, sight loss registration and employment matters
• The Amber Trust  provides free to access resources and ideas to engage children and young people with vision impairment with music
• Activity Finder – British Blind Sport British Blind Sport aims to encourage children and adults with vision impairment of all ages to take part in activities and play sport at every level
• Somerset Cricket Foundation Somerset Cricket Board offer a number of inclusive cricket sessions  around Somerset (including Frome, Yeovil, Chard) for different ages
• Play Therapy Pods – Newlife Charity  A service that loans sensory toys for twelve weeks at a time
• Living Paintings A free to access postal library of Touch to See books for children and young people with a vision impairment

Hearing Impairment - Useful Resources

Teachers can use the questionnaires below when they have concerns about a child or young person’s hearing ability.

Primary

• SoundSkills – TEAP – Form – free to access
• S.I.F.T.E.R – Sound Skills free to access

Secondary

• Secondary – S.I.F.T.E.R – Sound Skills free to access
• Complete self-audit tools or the classroom and school environment, free to access
• Information and resources can be found on the Hearing Support Team Section of the Support Services for Education website
• Discuss concerns with parents and encourage them to make a doctor’s appointment for referral to audiology
• Consider if the child or young person also had their eyes checked

Hearing impairment - Training

Access training from the Hearing Support Team here  Hearing Support Team – Support Services for Education

Hearing Impairment - Who else can help

• Somerset Inclusion Advice Line 0300 123 2224
• Somerset’s Inclusion Tool and Inclusion Advice Line for schools
• Hearing Support Team for deaf children and young people works with children and young people from birth up to 16 years old, or up to 25 years old if they have an Education and Health Care plan
• National Deaf Children’s Society – supporting deaf children – work with families and professionals to overcome the social and educational barriers that hold deaf children back

Hearing Impairment - Further reading

• DELTA: Deaf Education Through Listening and Talking – Deaf Education – a charity that supports families with deaf babies, children and young people, and the practitioners in Health and Education that work with them
• British Association Teacher of the Deaf (BATOD) – the sole professional association for Teachers of the Deaf in the UK
• The Elizabeth Foundation for Preschool Deaf Children – help young deaf children to listen and talk
• Ewing Foundation a national charity, promoting inclusion and achievement for deaf children and young people through listening and speaking
• National Sensory Impairment Partnership (NatSIP) – supports colleagues from the frontline workforce who are new to working with children and young people with sensory impairment as well as a wealth of research, information and resources to support children and young people with sensory impairment
• Find the Best Hearing Aid Solution – Hearing Devices – Phonak – an international hearing aid manufacturer
• National Association for Special Educational Needs (nasen): video specific to hearing impairment