Useful Websites and Resources
Derby SENDIASS
Provide impartial information and advice to parents, carers and young people in Derby City.
Derby Family Information Service
Derby Families Information Service provides free, impartial and confidential information for families.
Speech Link
We use Speech Link at school to support children who require speech and langauge support. They have recently launched their new Parent Portal. This portal provides parents with FREE speech and language advice, resources and activities that can be used at home.
The site can be found at https://speechandlanguage.info/parents
The Communication Trust
This website contains lots of information for parents about Speech Language and Communication and there are also a number of resources that can be downloaded and used with your children at home.
https://www.thecommunicationtrust.org.uk/resources/resources/resources-for-parents/
Autism Education Trust
This website provides information for parents and children about Autism.
https://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/kids-zone/
Autistic Society
This website provides key information and practical ideas for parents on how you can support children who have been diagnosed with Autism.
https://www.autism.org.uk/about/family-life/parents-carers.aspx
On this website they also have a selection of visual aids that can be downloaded and used at home.
https://www.autism.org.uk/about/strategies/visual-supports.aspx
Widget- Signs and Symbols
This website contains lots of visual aids that can be downloaded and used at home. Although some of these resources are FREE some of the resources do have to be paid for, so please check before you download. I recommend that you download the resources in PDF so they can be viewed on all computers.
https://www.widgit.com/resources/index.htm
Twinkl
On this website there are lots of social stories, resources and visual aids that can be used at home to help support your children
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/specialeducationalneeds-sen
