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Public resources

Here is a list of just some of the publishers and the products that are available to support schools/parents and professionals.

There are many downloadable activities and some great online games. Many of the DVD’s/books/packs can also be ordered for Free.

Talk to the therapist for specific guidance.

The Charity Organisations ICAN, Talking Point and Afasic all have excellent resources and fact sheets.

Afasic - http://www.afasic.org.uk/pub.htm

ICAN -   http://www.ican.org.uk/resources.aspx

You can see some of the video samples on I CAN’s YouTube video channel, http://uk.youtube.com/videoican

Talking Point - http://www.ican.org.uk/talkingpoint/resources and factsheets.aspx We particularly like these resources from ICAN and Talking Point:

  • Ready steady talk activity book
  • The communication cookbook (for primary schildren)
  • Chatter matters DVD
  • Chatter charts
  • Learning to talk, talking to learn DVD
  • Learning together: working together pack
  • ICAN Video Clips: You Tube   http://www.youtube.com/user/videoican ‘Speech Journey’, ‘The No One Skill’ ‘Good listening’ (for education staff)
  • School Talk DVD/CD for joint professional working.  
  • “The Talk Series” literature/research papers.
  • “Watch your language” activity pack for young people/ secondary age.

Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children: “ Wait, wait, I’m not finished yet” A Free new DVD to support schools in helping pupils who stammer. It has been designed for use in awareness-raising sessions run by SLTs or SENCOs, the DVD is appropriate to anyone working in a secondary school setting.

Various printable resources can also be found on the DVD.

Available free from contact stammering.information@islingtonpct.nhs.uk for further details.

Other Products

Young person’s Identity Card - An identity card for children who find it difficult to communicate. This card is designed to help children identify themselves and get help if needed.  Free, contact Afasic.org

Information Pack -: “Tips for a Communication Friendly Environment” For employers and agencies for young people.

WriteOnline - a writing tool for school and home computers. This computer package helps a child construct meaningful sentences in a Word Document.

It uses Word prediction and suggests words to fit the context of the writing, it also has and a clear read-back voice that enables students to review what they have written. Research shows that this active engagement with text encourages students to find and correct errors for themselves. Writeonline can help increase a child’s confidence in writing as they compose flowing text with good vocabulary, accurate spelling and grammatically correct sentences.

This programme is has the advantage that it is ‘Online’ and therefore there's no installation, and no update patches to worry about. Once a license has been obtained the package can be accessed from any location, school or home. For more information contact:

Crisk Software
Tel: 01604 671691
Email: info@cricksoft.com
http://www.cricksoft.com/uk/writeonline/

Special Educational Needs (SEN) - A guide for parents and carers DCSF-00376-2008. Free Booklet via schools.

This parent’s guide sets out the main points of the Code of Practice, explains procedures and informs parents of their rights and of their child's rights.

“It’s Signing Time” - DVD and Leaflet. A resource of songs and rhymes incorporating Makaton Signs and is aimed primarily at parents and carers.

“SPEAK” - A Stammering resource pack for young people made by other young people who stammer. It explores some useful ideas and strategies- produced by Swindon NHS Tel: 01793 439960 to request.

Co: Writer Programme - A Word Processing Computer Package. This is a very popular predictive text programme and is ideal for children with language and/or literacy (spelling, writing, typing) difficulties. This programme works well on Mac and Windows PCs and it is a firm favourite with many children who use this programme on their laptops/computers in school.

Costs around £100. The following website has more on this product.

Speech Link for Schools - Speech Link is available for purchase from Speechlink Multimedia.  It is a multi-media package that gives teachers and teaching assistants the ability to screen for developmental speech difficulties and implement speech sound programmes. It enables schools to be able to manage straightforward speech delays and to prioritise children who need referral for more specialist support.

Speech Link is not a substitute for existing speech and language therapy services. It is designed to work alongside them, helping schools and Speech and Language Therapists to work in partnership to make the best use of the service available. www.speechlink.info/sl_information.asp

Language Link for schools - The Language Link is available for purchase from Speechlink Multimedia. This package helps teachers and teaching assistants to screen for receptive language difficulties at school entry and implement support for children with straightforward language delays.

The package offers a receptive language screening assessment with supporting resources and classroom strategies. Language Link is not intended as a substitute for existing speech and language therapy services or language work in the classroom. It is designed to work alongside them to provide targeted help for children with difficulty understanding language.

You can read the articles on the Times Educational Supplement TES website, “Observation or Technology - What is best for under 5s?” and “Light touch scheme that identifies needs early ” http://www.speechlink.info/ll_information.asp

Early Talk for pre-schools - The speech and language charity I CAN has recently established a UK online Early Talk programme specifically developed for nurseries and pre school settings. Its aim is to promote communication-supportive environments for all children and to ensure effective pre-school provision for children with communication needs. I CAN Early Talk supports the themes in early years policies throughout the UK by offering a programme of advisory support, information and professional development delivered in partnership with children’s services. There is a online Learning Resource Centre. The Early Talk website can be found at www.ican.org.uk/earlytalk

Primary Talk for schools - Primary Talk is a staff development and a school transformation package. It is designed to fulfil staff’s professional development requirements to enable them to meet the communication needs of all children.

This package has been set up by the I CAN Charity and offers a programme of advisory support, information and professional development.

More information on the Primary Talk website can be found at www.ican.org.uk/primarytalk

Secondary Talk for schools - Secondary Talk is a programme that ensure support for speech, language and communication needs of young people in secondary schools. This is a support package for staff and offers advisory support, information and professional development opportunities. It has been developed by the leading UK speech and Language Charity ICAN.

More information on the Secondary Talk website can be found at http://www.ican.org.uk/secondarytalk  

Published Guidance for Schools From the DCFS: http://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/ and http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/

“Initial teacher training inclusion development programme - Primary/Secondary dyslexia and speech, Language and communication needs”. Reference: DCSF-00103-2008. FREE DVD.

“Teaching effective vocabulary: What can teachers do to increase the vocabulary of children who start education with a limited vocabulary?” DCSF-00376-2008. Free Booklet.

 “Inclusion Development Programme Supporting children with speech, language and communication needs: Guidance for practitioners in the Early Years Foundation Stage”DCSF: 00215-2008BKT-EN. DVD.

 “EYFS Inclusion Development Programme (IDP): Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)”e-learning course

Bt BetterWorld - The ‘BT Better World’ campaign aims to improve the communication skills for all young people in the UK. We believe that every young person has the right to communication. This site has free resources (DVDs, online activities and downloads) to help young people, teachers and parents with speaking and listening skills.

Widgit Software LTD - Suppliers of educational and literacy software for pre-school, primary, special needs students and adults with learning difficulties. www.widgit.com

BoardMaker - Boardmaker software for creating printed symbol-based communication and educational materials. www.widgit.com

Book: “Working with Children's Language” by Jackie Cooke & Diana Williams Activities and games for developing specific language skills and covers early language skills, attention control, listening skills, the role of play, the development of comprehension, perception and the acquisition of expressive language.

Book: “Phonics Games Kids Can't Resist” by  Michelle Ramsey 

Book: “Developing Speech and Language Skills: Phoneme Factory” by Gwen Lancaster

Book: “Cued Articulation” by Jane Passey

Clicker 5 - Clicker is a powerful and easy-to-use writing support and multimedia tool, which enables you to write with whole words, phrases or pictures. www.cricksoft.com

LDA Learning Catalogue - Online catalogue for both special needs and mainstream teaching resources. Products can be searched for by name, subject or product reference. Website also has monthly offers and free downloadable pages. www.ldalearning.com

Winslow Press Publishers - Offers interactive resources for children, parents and teachers. Children's books published at Winslow Press are each connected to their own interactive web pages for further exploration on the books themes at Read&Click.com.  After reading one of the published titles, children, teens, parents, teachers can visit the Read & Click Web site and find links to other relevant sites, downloadable teacher guides, interactive games and activities. http://www.winslowpress.com/ 

Learning Materials Limited - Provides sound, practical resource material for pupils with special educational needs. Provides the latest publications from Learning Materials and has many new sample pages to view. http://www.learning.materials.btinternet.co.uk/

Mastering Memory - This is a computer programme to help memory used by some education settings. http://www.masteringmemory.co.uk/

GL Assessment - Computer games for internal sound (phonogical) support. “Phoneme Factory Sound Sorter” www.gl-assessment.co.uk

LDA Learning Catalogue - LDA has a range of language materials and activity cards. Such as ‘Things that go together’ Sound Beginnings Rhyme’ and ‘’Opposites’ www.ldalearning.com

Taskmaster - Has a range of language materials. Such as ‘Preposition overlays’, ‘Category cards’, ‘Auditory Processing Activities’ ‘Language for Thinking’ and ‘Talkabout’ www.taskmasteronline.co.uk

STASS Publications - Has a range of useful resources, such as ‘Language Steps’, ‘Cambridge Language Activity File’, ‘Understand Me’. www.stasspublications.co.uk

Black Sheep Press - A selection of excellent packs and programmes for home and school. Such as; Practical Pragmatic Pack, Speech sound packs. www.blacksheeppress.co.uk

Winslow Resources - Language resources, which include specific picture cards called ‘colorcards’ and ‘semantic/pragmatic speech bubbles’. www.winslow-press.co.uk

Linguisystems Catalogue - This publisher has many products for all ages, especially for older children; Grammar packs, 100% concepts, Language Games, Oro-motor Activities Programme. http://www.linguisystems.com

CLIP (Clinical Language Intervention Programmes) - By Eleanor Messing Semel. Available from Amazon.

Worksheet packs for Morphology and Grammar, Pragmatic Language and Semantic Language

Super Duper Publications - Examples of products on offer are; ‘Oral motor fun and games’, ‘Grammar sheets’, ‘Sound sheets’, ‘Vocabulary development’, ‘Language Worksheets’, ‘Practical Language Acitivities’. www.superduperinc.com

Big Leap Designs - A range of games and activity packs for at home and the classroom to supporting speech and language. Products include; ‘Vocabulary Builder’ ‘Names and descriptions’, ‘Fun with sounds’, ‘sound Homework’, ‘the phonics Game’, ‘Early Language Homework’. www.bigleapdesigns.co.uk

Speech Mark Publications - Offer a wide range of materials for speech and language needs. Including; ‘Speaking, Listening and Understanding Games’, ‘Developing Baseline Communication Skills Games’ ‘Language for Thinking Sheets’, ‘Sequencing Cards’, ‘Adjective cards’ ‘Phonology Sourcebook’ www.speechmark.net

Sense Toys - Catalogue of products which include…. Speech Motor Products, Daytime sequences puzzles, Faces and feelings cards. www.sensetoys.com

Orchard Toys - Fun games and puzzles. Such as Phonic Rhyming games ‘Slug in a Jug’.

Taskmaster Materials - Develop teaching and therapy materials for all. Resources include;’ Auditory Processing Activities’, ‘Basic Concepts’, ‘Say and Glue articulation Fun Sheets’, ‘Student self Organiser pack’. www.taskmasteronline.co.uk

Birdart Materials - A small independent publisher of speech and language materials. Products include; ‘Talking Phonology’, ‘Semantic Steps’, ‘Talking Semantics’. www.speelang.co.uk  

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