Helpful Resources

We understand that the role of a SENCO is both rewarding and challenging. To help you in your role, we have compiled a range of useful documents and resources designed to support you in providing the best possible care for students with SEND.

We hope you find these documents helpful in your day-to-day work and that you enjoy using the SENCO Toolkit, which is packed with practical guidance, strategies, and templates to assist you in managing SEND provision effectively.

Training Packages

• Attachment Training
• Dyslexia Training
• Early Years and Child Development Training
• Emotional Barriers to School Attendance Training
• Executive Function and Attention Skills Training
• Introduction to Autism Training
• Introduction to Trauma Informed Practice Training
• Neurodiversity Training
• Zones of Regulation Training

SEND Needs

• Sensory Audit for Schools & Classrooms
• Using Measurement Tools to understand Pupils’ Mental Health Needs
• Measuring the mental wellbeing of children and young people in education
• Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviour through a Nurture Group Approach

Monitoring

• Flow Chart to Support the Identification of Pupils with SEND in Haringey Educational Settings
• The Coventry Grid

Useful websites/support

• ADD Information Services: www.addiss.co.uk
• ADHD Foundation: www.adhdfoundation.org.uk

• Anxiety UK: www.anxietyuk.org.uk  08444 775 774Child Bereavement UK – wide range of resources, support and advice for children, families and schools: www.childbereavement.org.uk 0800 02 888 40
• Childline: www.childline.org.uk  0800 1111
• Education Endowment Foundation – an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement, by supporting schools, colleges, and early years settings to improve teaching and learning through better use of evidence: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/
• Harmless – support, information, training and consultancy to people who self-harm, their friends, families and professionals: www.harmless.org.uk
• Young Minds – advice and guidance around young people’s mental health: www.youngminds.org.uk  0808 802 5544 (Parents / Carers)
• Kidscape – charity to support those affected by bullying: www.kidscape.org.uk
• Kooth – online mental health charity for children and young people: www.kooth.com
• Nasen – is the National Association for Special Educational Needs – a charitable membership organisation that exists to support and champion those working with, and for, children and young people with SEND and learning differences: https://nasen.org.uk/
• National Autistic Society: https://www.autism.org.uk/
• OCD Action: www.ocdaction.org.uk 0845 390 6232

• Winston’s Wish – practical support and guidance to families and professionals working with bereaved children and young people: www.winstonswish.org.uk 08452 03 04 05
• Wellcomm – is a toolkit for screening and supporting children’s speech and language development from 6 months to 11 years: WellComm – GL Assessment

• Samaritans – telephone and email support for anyone who is worried, upset, or suicidal: www.samaritans.org 08457 909090