Resources and Publications

The Whole School SEND consortium regularly publishes resources to support you with all aspects of SEND. These include our SEND Review Guides and Frameworks, leaflets for parents, practical resources to support your work in educational settings, resources for specific contexts such as CPDL webinar recordings and more.

As a member of nasen and the Whole School SEND Member Community, you have free access to all of our resources – scroll through, use the filters or search for a specific resource. 

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Latest Resources

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Working with Teaching Assistants

  • General
  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Permeating Themes
Classroom
Partnerships
Teaching Assistants

In what ways do teaching assistants impact the learning in the classroom?

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Teaching needs adaptive expertise now more than ever

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Adaptive expertise
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Adaptive Teaching
Teacher Development

The pandemic has opened up the debate about what it means to be vulnerable in education and who might ‘struggle to learn’.

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Adopting an inclusive approach to pedagogy

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Adaptive Teaching
Inclusion
Pedagogy
Research
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“Which one research paper, study or blog post on SEND and inclusion should everybody read?”

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Teacher identity and inclusion

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Permeating Themes
Identity
Inclusion

Identity narratives for inclusion.

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Complex Scenario Hannah

Complex Scenario Hannah

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Complex Scenarios

A case study about supporting Hannah to work independently.

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Introduction: A permeated approach

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Adaptive expertise
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Adaptive Teaching

This slide deck can be used by ITT Providers with their teams of ITE Tutors and school mentors to show how adopting a permeated curriculum approach to teaching about special educational needs as part of ITT is needed.

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Adaptive Skill – a commentary

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Adaptive expertise
,
Adaptive Teaching
Cognitive Psychology

Are we training teachers to develop ‘routine expertise’ or adaptive expertise?

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Noticing front slide

Noticing

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Permeating Themes
Classroom

What is noticing and why is it important?

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Talking head: The moment I realised I couldn’t really crochet!

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Adaptive Teaching
Learning
Working Memory

Supporting a child to recognise the aspect of a task that they don’t know, but which would make a difference to them moving forward, is an important first step.

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Complex Scenario Safiye

Complex Scenario Safiye

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Complex Scenarios

This presentation aims to model the process of taking the initial steps in recognising that a child is struggling, and includes exemplary mentor guidance on how you identify the learners you plan to focus on in your classroom: those with additional needs.

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Complex Scenario Maire

Complex Scenario Maire

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Complex Scenarios

Enabling Maire to engage in individual and social learning in English and across the curriculum.

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Complex Scenario Rashid

Complex Scenario Rashid

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Complex Scenarios

Sustaining engagement and challenge for Rashid.

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Complex Scenario Mae

Complex Scenario Mae

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Complex Scenarios

Building stamina for learning.

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Complex Scenario Tayla

Complex Scenario Tayla

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Complex Scenarios

Exploring readiness to learn.

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Complex Scenario Tomas

Complex Scenario Tomas

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Complex Scenarios

Supporting engagement and social development.

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Inclusivity – A constant journey toward a shared vision

  • General
  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Adaptive Teaching
Inclusion

Despite working in inclusion for years, it’s still easy to assume a shared understanding of the term, thinking that people know what we mean when we talk about it, but surprising how often these assumptions are misjudged.

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Diagnosis is not enough: Research that shapes inclusive teaching

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Adaptive Teaching
Diagnosis
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Research
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Working Memory

Why we should reconsider our strategies beyond a child’s diagnosis and plan our support based on their actual relative strengths and challenges.

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Access to Teaching

Access to Teaching

  • General
  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Permeating Themes
Teacher Development
teaching

An important session to support trainees to better understand their own learning needs, known and previously unknown, as well as advice on seeking support to teach whilst appropriately managing a disability.

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Adopting a graduated approach to pedagogy and practice

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Permeating Themes
Pedagogy

What is the teacher's role in adopting a graduated approach?

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Classroom environment front slide

Classroom Environment

  • General
  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Permeating Themes
Classroom

The importance of creating an inclusive environment that enables all learners to access the lesson and progress towards their individual learning targets.

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