Practical teaching strategies and adaptable lesson ideas designed to meet the diverse needs of all learners. This category covers differentiated instruction, multisensory learning, curriculum adaptations, and behaviour support techniques to help educators create engaging, inclusive classrooms.
Whether you’re a teacher, teaching assistant, or SENCO, these resources aim to inspire confidence and creativity in everyday teaching practice.
Internal Antecedents: Does Behaviour Really Come “Out of the Blue?” Often overlooked, internal antecedents are an important element in behaviour support. This article is based on my experiences working with Autistic children who also communicate in ways we find challenging. We do our best to find patterns, clues and reasons for episodes of challenging behaviour. … Read more
One of the most interesting things I found on the Twinkl site was the “create” feature, this allows you to build a range of resources from displays to interactive games to worksheets. Now I’m not the biggest fan of a worksheet but with a bit of laminating they can easily turn into a folder task. I hate seeing folders of random sheets that all use different fonts imagery etc. If I am creating a pack for a topic it is much better that all the resources have a common look and feel. It just looks more cohesive and planned.
Transition Resources for supporting Children with change “If a child is Autistic, they do not like change”. This is the biggest stereotype attributed to autistic people. The most widely repeated generalisation (In schools anyway). With any blanket statement it is inaccurate and too simplistic. A better comment would be “Change causes anxiety.” or “The thought … Read more
Every day teachers, parents and carers are faced with potentially challenging situations. Many of these are defused through skillful behaviour support. These successful resolutions will have certain common characteristics. There are some essential conditions that must exist to deescalate an incident of challenging behaviour.
Autism awareness is an essential concept with ever increasing need for us all to seek a greater understanding of what it means to be autistic. However it must be more than holding an assembly, or watching a video. We must make real and ongoing adaptations to ensure our learning environments and school communities are as inclusive as possible.
Social stories are a tried and tested way of teaching social skills but for some learners they are too much. I needed a way to remind a student of the rules but in a way that didn’t single them out as being the focus of the story. Some people will say this won’t work as autistic children can’t generalise…. but anyone who has worked with autism knows a lot of what people say is actually a myth or just does not apply to an individual.
Lego Resources in Class This post was originally written to celebrate the second birthday of Inclusiveteach.com with a post about Lego! Lego toys are still popular and with the increasing use of Lego therapy even more widely used in education than when I wrote this blog Lego Resources in the Classroom Playing with blocks and … Read more
Sensory and Storytelling Umbrellas When you listen to a speaker you need to be inspired. Your mind needs to fill with ideas as they speak. I had the pleasure of listening and watching Flo Longhorn at a conference late last year and came away with a desire to rush out and put these ideas into … Read more
Just a lighthearted blog for the end of half term. These are some lessons about teaching from the movies.
Visual Supports in The Classroom For Autistic Children. Visual supports for Autistic children are vital those with receptive or expressive language delays are often able to process visual information more effectively. Update May 2023 – Check out our new post on using the PicturePath app to create timelines and visual supports for Autistic learners. As … Read more
Free Printable Transport Topic Teaching Resources for EYFS, KS1 and SEN This post contains some more transport topic-themed free printable worksheets/folder tasks. For any special education teacher working with students who need assistive communication interventions such as symbol support or PECS, some have been developed to meet specific speech and language targets and goals. These … Read more
Custom Tough Tray Divider Tough trays are a brilliant and invaluable addition to any classroom. This was an idea I had when I first bought a tuff tray but was brought to life by our workshop tutor so I can’t claim all the credit. I work in an SLD SEN key stage 4 class. My … Read more
Using Videos in Lessons On Youtube you can probably find a video that will link in with your lesson no matter what it is. These can be really effective teaching tools or a way to introduce a new voice to the lesson. If needed you can use a “safe” version of youtube (Youtube Kids) to … Read more
Transport, Cars and Vehicles Free teaching resources. Here are some of the free teaching resources I have made and used so far for our new Transport and Journeys topic. The Second Transport printable teaching resources post is here. These are the tried and tested ones. Many use widget software symbols. Some are designed as worksheets … Read more
The interactive whiteboard may well be the greatest ICT resource available to teachers today. It can also be the biggest waste of money possible. If used as a display device just buy a cheap flat-screen TV. However, for students with SEN the whiteboard can provide some fantastic opportunities for interaction and motivating activities. There are … Read more
n my role as behaviour lead at my school I am increasingly interested in the impact of sensory processing on learning, engagement and what we perceive as challenging behaviour. I wanted to find out more so asked some questions of the twitterverse. This is a breakdown of some of the things I was able to take away from the chat.
“These word are real, the students are real and the situation is real” Thoughts and Reflections of a School Bully “Look at him, sat there thinking he’s clever!” These were my thoughts about the boy who sat in front of me. “Watch this” I whispered. I picked up my ruler, which for some reason said … Read more
Research SEN Teachers Should be Using. During an online Special Education discussion I asked: What Research/Journals should those interested in SEND be reading? Here are the top 6 answers for recommended SEND research into special education. Some of these are free to access, others require a subscription. Since this post was originally written the EEF … Read more
In some schools there seems to be some rules teachers feel they need to follow. No one knows where these rules came from. The dusty typewritten rule sheet lies on an unreachable shelf in the geography cupboard with the old over head transparencies. So here are some rules that you have my permission to break.
The more you get to know the children in your class the better you will become at picking up the signs that something isn’t right. That sentence was easy to write but hard to put into practice because…
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