I DS Teaching & Learning - Resources

Integrated Disability Service - Teaching and Learning

Resources

How accessible are your curriculum resources in school?

Find out more about how Warwickshire is supporting inclusion in partnership with Widgit through the Symbols Inclusion Project.

Symbols supporting inclusion in mainstream education provides lots of practical ideas of how symbols can support teaching and learning:

providing visual prompts to reinforce spoken instructions or requests;
reinforcing and assisting recall of new concepts;
encouraging independence;
supporting early literacy skills;
providing visual reminders of targets and learning objectives.

Access to software for all Warwickshire Schools :

All Warwickshire schools and their staff have access to "Communicate: In Print 2" and "Communicate: By Choice" via our Countywide licence.

Warwickshire school staff can now access a private area of the Widgit website to obtain resources developed as part of the Symbol Inclusion Project, as well as other materials developed by the Widgit team. Also on the site is an area for technical support, help sheets and training materials. The news section will be updated regularly with information on training sessions and events.

You will also need to visit the website regularly to download your extra resources as they come online. You can also share your own resources with other Warwickshire staff by uploading them onto the site.

To access the Warwickshire web pages http://sip.widgit.com you will need a user name and password.

All primary SEN Co-ordinators have been contacted by letter with details of how to register. Secondary SENCos are being contacted this term.

Alternatively email: sip@widgit.com

How accessible are your signs in school?

Bilton Infants School in Rugby has used Widgit Symbols and reduced language to make their fire drill clearer and easier to understand:

Fire Drill Procedure

Bilton Infants has also used Widgit Symbols to make their Vision Statement more accessible:

Vision Statement

The ASD Toolkit for Teachers
	The ASD toolkit CD Rom is not only a bank of 600 resources, but also a collection of observation sheets, reporting formats and strategies, supported by video materials featuring students, parents and staff. Click here to download more information.

All SENCos from Warwickshire Schools were invited to one of a range of half day training sessions on the 'ASD Toolkit for Teachers' CD Rom last year. They were then able to take away their school's free copy. All Warwickshire Schools should now have a copy of this resource.

Other services and professionals can order a copy by downloading the attached order form

Giving a Voice to Pupils with Special Needs and listening to what they say

This resource was sent to all Warwickshire schools in 2004. If you are unable to find your copy, you can download a version here:

Giving a Voice

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