Religious Education: encouraging students to form and justify their opinions around ethical dilemmas
This resource will help you implement an effective approach to support pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN) - specifically profound or complex needs
A science activity for key stage 3 pupils: improving and developing pupils' thinking skill in the context of science
Exploring thinking skills in a learning process that is also a social experience. This activity will encourage pupils to acquire information, ideas and skills and develop values, ways of thinking and the means to express themselves
This ready-to-use, sports-themed activity will help enrich your gifted and talented students in the areas of personal management, exam and interview preparation and psychology
Michael Farrell considers provision for pupils with moderate learning difficulties (MLD) read more
Angela Youngman looks at some innovative ideas to get children moving read more
Children with Asperger syndrome display similar characteristics to those of autistic children. They have problems with communication, social relationships and making imaginative responses. read more
There are three main types of juvenile arthritis: pauci-articular, poly-articular and systemic. read more
Aphasia is the inability to express thoughts in words, or the inability to understand thoughts expressed in the spoken or written words of others. read more
Any primary school teachers out there with workshop ideas? I’m organising a few Antarctica mornings for local primaries and I’m trying to work out what to do read more
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that affects a number of organs in the body (especially the lungs and pancreas) by clogging them with thick, sticky mucus. This also affects the child’s digestion. read more
Cerebral palsy is the generic name for a group of disorders affecting muscles and movement. read more
'Brittle bones' is a range of conditions which cause the bones to break very easily. read more
Most children with heart disorders have a congenital condition which means that the disorder has been present since birth. read more
There are two types of hearing impairment or loss – conductive and sensori-neural. read more
Glue ear involves inflammation, either chronic or acute, and an accumulation of fluid in the middle ear. read more
Fragile X is thought to be the most common inherited form of learning disability. read more
Epilepsy is neither an illness nor a disease, but rather a tendency of the brain to be triggered to cause a spasm, a seizure or a fit, when neurones malfunction temporarily. read more
Down syndrome is a genetic condition whereby
a child is born with an extra chromosome. read more
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which a person's normal hormonal mechanisms do not control their blood sugar levels effectively. read more
Speech and language impairment can vary a great deal from mild difficulties to severe problems with the understanding and use of language. read more
Semantic pragmatic disorder is a communication disorder, which crosses the boundaries of both specific language impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. read more
Children with selective mutism are physically capable of normal speech and comprehension but choose not to speak in certain situations.
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Prader-Willi syndrome is a chromosomal disorder which affects both sexes. read more
Muscular dystrophy is a genetic, neuromuscular condition in which muscle cells break down and are gradually lost. Some types of muscular dystrophy are degenerative and ultimately severely disabling with a marked impact on life expectancy, whilst others cause only a relatively mild disability.
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ME is a chronic disabling illness of the immune and central nervous system that affects children as well as adults. read more
One third of all cases of childhood cancer are leukaemia, which is a disease of the white blood cells. read more
Hydrocephalus is a condition in which a watery fluid is produced continuously throughout the brain. read more
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that prevents the immune system from working properly, making it less effective at fighting infections. AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the term used when loss of or damage to immune function caused by HIV has been diagnosed. read more
Tourette syndrome is a hereditary neurological disorder, characterised by repeated involuntary movements or sounds called tics. read more
Stammering, also known as stuttering, is a condition in which the sufferer speaks hesitantly or in a stumbling and jerky way. Stammering varies, both in the way it affects different people and in its severity. read more
Spina bifida is one of the most common congenital disabilities, affecting approximately one in 500 births. read more
Community paediatricians are based in hospitals or community care trusts and are employed by the NHS. read more
Child psychotherapists tend to work with the most disturbed children. read more
Clinical psychologists have trained to develop an understanding of how people’s minds, abilities and behaviours develop. read more
Child psychiatrists are doctors who specialise in childhood mental disorders and related problems. read more
All schools must have a child protection officer or coordinator and a back-up child protection officer or coordinator. read more
Childminders have to be approved and registered by social services. read more
This is sometimes called the Child and Family Centre or the Child and Family Therapeutic Service. read more
The Child and Adult Mental Health Unit is concerned with various aspects of mental health. read more
This is the person within the LEA who coordinates assessments and provision, and prepares statements of special educational needs. read more
This is a person who cares for a child for whom the social services have parental responsibility. read more
Behaviour support teachers are employed by the LEA and are part of a behaviour support service. read more
Audiologists are based in hospitals and are qualified in assessing levels of hearing and hearing impairment. read more
Visual impairment – having little or no sight – has been classified in a number of ways. read more
They will spend time in school on a regular basis monitoring attendance by checking registers, but they have other roles too. read more
Educational psychologists are qualified teachers who have taught in schools and have then gone on to undertake further training in psychology. read more
Opportunity groups are pre-school settings which are set up in most areas to provide appropriate support for children with special needs or with difficult home circumstances. read more
Occupational therapists help children with special educational needs, elderly people who need help to function at home, and anyone who has a disability and who needs help to gain maximum independent function.
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