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
Co-production and Partnership toolkit
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- 03 Jul 2024
An interactive toolkit for parents or staff external to school to navigate resources and guidance for multiple areas of SEND provision to support learners.
Teaching Assistants & Learning Support staff toolkit
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- 03 Jul 2024
An interactive toolkit for support staff to navigate resources and guidance for multiple areas of SEND provision to support effective inclusion.
nasen and WSS member newsletter September 2023
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- 28 Sep 2023
Welcome to your September update, full of SEND CPD opportunities to help support your ambitions for an inclusive learning environment.
Live online networking sessions supporting resources
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- 27 Mar 2023
A bank of resources to support the Online networking sessions for Unit 1 -3
Ensuring equal access to public examinations for candidates with sensory impairments - NatSIP
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- 13 Feb 2023
The implications of sensory impairment are well known to teachers of children and young people who are deaf, and/or have vision impairment (VI) and/or a multi-sensory impairment (MSI).
Evelyn's Deaf Awareness Film - NatSIP
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- 01 Dec 2022
Evelyn is 9 years old and tells us about herself and her friends at Riddings Junior School in Derbyshire.
Ten Top Tips for Sports Coaches: Working with Children and Young People with ADHD
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- 10 Jun 2022
Youth Sports Trust and the ADHD Foundation explore some ideas to help make your club or team an inclusive place for children and young people with ADHD.
The Inclusive Classroom: High Quality Teaching in every setting
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- 01 Jun 2022
A programme to develop quality first teaching and inclusive practice to benefit pupils with SEND in reading.
Access to SEND CPD and Expertise Research
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- 24 May 2022
This research explores the experiences of the school workforce in relation to their access to, and experience of SEND CPD.
Effective SEN support: research evidence on effective approaches and examples of current practice in good and outstanding schools and colleges. A guide for senior leaders in education settings
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- 19 May 2022
This guide summarises findings from a summary of published research, referred to as ‘what the evidence says’, and advice from experts and schools and colleges displaying promising practice, referred to as ‘what the sector says’.
NatSIP resources
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- 09 May 2022
Free resources on supporting candidates with sensory impairment from NatSIP
nasen and WSS member newsletter June 2023
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- 16 Apr 2022
Welcome to your June update, full of SEND CPD opportunities to help support your ambitions for an inclusive learning environment.
nasen and WSS member newsletter May 2023
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- 16 Apr 2022
Welcome to your May update, full of SEND CPD opportunities to help support your ambitions for an inclusive learning environment.
nasen and WSS member newsletter April 2023
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- 16 Apr 2022
Welcome to your April update, full of SEND CPD opportunities to help support your ambitions for an inclusive learning environment.
nasen and WSS member newsletter March 2023
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- 16 Apr 2022
Welcome to your March update, full of SEND CPD opportunities to help support your ambitions for an inclusive learning environment.
nasen and WSS member newsletter February 2023
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- 16 Apr 2022
Welcome to your February update, full of SEND CPD opportunities to help support your ambitions for an inclusive learning environment.
nasen and WSS member newsletter January 2023
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- 16 Apr 2022
Welcome to your January update, full of SEND CPD opportunities to help support your ambitions for an inclusive learning environment.
SEND Development Pathways for the School Workforce: Guidance Document including self-study materials
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- 31 Mar 2022
This is a ‘How to Guide’ to support both Pathway participants (school workforce), and their line managers, in using the SEND Development Pathways resources to support ongoing continuing professional development.
SEND Development Pathways interactive PowerPoint
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- 31 Mar 2022
The SEND Development Pathways are largely based around free-to-access CPD resources (including those produced by Whole School SEND (WSS), consortium partners and other organisations).
SEND Development Pathways for the School Workforce: Talking Head
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- 31 Mar 2022
This is a Talking Head video with Andy O'Brien, an Assistant Headteacher at Tor View School. In this video, Andy describes his career pathway from Specialist Teaching Assistant to Specialist Middle Leader.