SEN Distance Learning
This page contains information, advice, strategies and resources that may help to support your child when learning from home. It has been split into two sections: emotional well being and alternative academic support.
Emotional Well Being
This section includes information to support your child's mental health and emotional well being.
There have been a range of stories and social stories made to help to explain coronavirus to children. This can help to clarify and address possible misunderstandings they have about the virus. For some children, this can help to reduce their worries.
You can access an online version of 'Coronavirus- A book for children' by clicking here. Hard copies, along with ther others, can be downloaded below: 'Coronavirus- A book for children' 'My Name is Coronavirus' 'What is Coronavirus?' |
The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak can be a scary time for kids. The Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation have created a handy short video to explain what it is and how it works. Click here.
They have also created an information poster to go alongside the video. 'Information poster' |
Visual timetables, which teachers use in their classrooms, help give structure and a routine for the children. This is something that could be done at home as well, which most children will find helpful and supportive.
Here are range of visual timetables that you may find useful to use at home with you child: 'Daily visual timetable' 'Daily planner' 'Visual timetable cards' 'Mini visual timetable' 'Weekly timetable template' 'Now and Next board' |
There a number of organisations, both national and local, that have wealth of knowledge, advice and tips to support your child's emotional well being, which can be accessed below:
The Milton Keynes Local Offer has an excellent range of resources to support SEN children. It can be accessed here.
They also have a facebook page, which provides useful support and it is updated regularly (facebook.com/MKSEND). Other useful documents: 'MK SEND Team information for parents' 'Educational Psychologists Reducing Anxiety Poster' |
'Mindful Monsters' along with Victoria Sumner, a counsellor and psychotherapist, have created 12 new activity cards to create a little bit of fun and laughter with your children. Focusing on 4 key areas, the activity cards aim to boost creativity, improve concentration, inspire positivity and aid relaxation.
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Kooth offers online mental health services for children, young people and adults. It is an online counselling and emotional well-being platform for children and young people, accessible through mobile, tablet and desktop and free at the point of use.
'Kooth' Due to the age limitation of this service, this would only be accessible for Year 6 children. |
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The NSPCC offers advice and support, with a focus on depression, anxiety and general mental health:
'NSPCC' |
Young Minds has a page with tips and advice specifically if you child is facing difficulty with anxiety. It can be accessed here.
Their anxiety help guide can be downloaded here: 'Anxiety help guide' |
MIND have a page on supporting young people’s mental, particularly due to the coronavirus situation. It can be accessed here.
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Alternative Academic Support
Here, there are some resources that may be helpful to support your child academically at home, which may not be on the Year Group's blog. If you would like to check whether they would be suitable for your child, please contact your child's teacher or email sendco@tickfordpark.milton-keynes.sch.uk.
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Reading Wise is an online programme we use in school to support children's reading. Your child may do this regularly in school and have an account set up. If you feel this is something that you would like to continue with your child at home to support their reading, you can access the website below. If you need your child's log in details, please email sendco@tickfordpark.milton-keynes.sch.uk.
'Reading Wise' |
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Some children have additional type in school to develop their touch typing, particularly if it has been recommended for them to explore alternative ways of recording. The children use the BBC bitesize touch typing programme or there are some other excellent websites as well. See below:
'BBC Bitesize Touch typing' 'Typing Club' |
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The Cambridge University press have provided some good materials to help support handwriting at home (for younger children). There is a link to some videos to help get your children ready for handwriting, focusing on exercises to get them ready to write, along with upper and lower case letter animations to help them get their letter formations just right. There is also pack to download with activities to do at home.
'Cambridge University handwriting videos' 'Cambridge University home pack' 'Cambridge University guide for parents' |
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Numicon is a resource that helps children's learning of numbers. The link below will take you to their 'supporting your child at home' section. There, you can find videos, resources and worksheets, which are downloadable.
'Numicon' |
