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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Adopting an inclusive approach to pedagogy

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Adaptive Teaching
Inclusion
Pedagogy
Research

“Which one research paper, study or blog post on SEND and inclusion should everybody read?”

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Working with Teaching Assistants

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  • 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
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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Bell Curve Thinking: The Heart of the Matter

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Adaptive Teaching
Animation
Bell Curve
Inclusion

An animation to show how bell curve thinking can be challenged, so that all children are at the heart of the teaching and learning in the classroom.

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I Spy

I Spy

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Wider Resources
mental health
SEMH

Ways of meeting children’s social, emotional and mental health needs.

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MindEd Resources

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Wider Resources
mental health
wellbeing

Downloadable resources about the MindEd programme.

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Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Wider Resources
Lesson Plan Ideas

KS3 lesson planning ideas for a unit on Shakespeare’s

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Teaching is a lifetime of learning

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Wider Resources
Learning

To a great extent, good teaching for pupils with SEND, is good teaching for all.

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Self-assessment of needs and reasonable adjustment plan

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Wider Resources
Planning
Self-assessment
Strategy

This plan is owned by you. It should enable you to share your strategies for managing your learning needs with those around you, but it is your decision to share it and cannot be shared by others without your express permission.

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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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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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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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Inclusivity – A constant journey toward a shared vision

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  • 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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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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The language we use

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Permeating Themes
Language

The language we communicate through our words and our actions is a beacon for the learners we teach.

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Introduction: A permeated approach

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Adaptive expertise
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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Complex Scenario Mae

Complex Scenario Mae

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Complex Scenarios

Building stamina for learning.

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Co-learning with (and as) experts

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  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Permeating Themes
Adaptive

Our in-role expertise is not fixed, but develops as we learn and reflect.

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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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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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