Category: Resources
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In this latest Podcast from Teacher Toolkit, Ross Morrison McGill interviews Professor Barry Carpenter about the emerging current challenges for schools, and particularly the curriculum, as a result of the ongoing pandemic, lockdowns etc. In their discussion Professor Carpenter updates and refreshes his thinking around the Recovery Curriculum. The link is below: https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2020/11/15/podcast-97/
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This fascinating short article by Fintan O ‘Regan is powerful, moving and full of insight into the needs of students with ADHD. https://mailchi.mp/d1acd0509824/fairness-isnt-giving-everybody-the-same-its-giving-everybody-what-they-need-3580726
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The DSA has issued guidance for people with DS on coronavirus. http://downs-syndrome.org.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/dsa-resources/ In addition to an easy to read guide, there are health and fitness videos, demonstrated by people with DS, and ideas for home based activities. https://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/keeping-fit-and-healthy-at-home/
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In this innovative Think Piece, Victoria Wells from the Youth Sports Trust, asks the central question Could ‘sport sanctuaries’ in schools help young people recover from the impact of a pandemic? Her ideas are strongly allied to the 5 levers in the Recovery Curriculum , especially meta-cognition and space. In the week when Ofsted published…
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This is a topic with few publications to support thinking and practice on what must be a priority for students with Special Needs and Disabilities in their final years of School. In this excellent new publication from SSAT, Pauline Holbrook, pull together some rich case studies , insights from employers, and routes to accreditation .…
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This useful short article from Richard Parker and Andrew Wright makes some helpful links with the Recovery Curriculum. https://the-arc.org.uk/news/recovering-from-the-covid-19-lockdown
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https://sites.google.com/hwbcymru.net/hyfforddiantysgolion/english/schools/barry-carpenter
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As lockdown measures ease, testing is more important than ever for controlling the spread of coronavirus. We felt, however, that more was needed to support people with learning disabilities and autism to understand what testing involves, how it feels and subsequently to prepare and give informed consent. Working with Lucy Bergonzi who illustrated Beating the…
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“A spike in fetal alcohol harm could be a potential negative outcome of the COVID-19 lockdown because of alcohol consumption combined with being home-bound, feelings of extraordinary stress or fear, and restricted access to contraception.” Read more about this , and other related articles, in Lancet Public Health. 2020 (July) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7363422/
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