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Find out how you can support learners with additional needs in our growing collection of articles and resources written by SEND experts and specialists. Topics include dyslexia, handwriting, sensory processing, dyspraxia and more.

  • Supporting students with dyspraxia

    Supporting students with dyspraxia

    Published: 09/10/2019

    With over 30 years' experience as an occupational therapist, Deborah Smith explores how you might identify a student with dyspraxia.

    By: Deborah Smith
  • Text-to-speech assistive technology for dyslexic students

    Text-to-speech assistive technology for dyslexic students

    Published: 05/08/2019

    Malcolm Litten, tutor, trainer and consultant in assistive technology, offers advice on a range of free tools to help dyslexic students.

    By: Malcolm Litten
  • Handwriting in secondary school

    Handwriting in secondary school

    Published: 19/12/2019

    Deborah Smith, a highly experienced paediatric occupational therapist, offers her advice on how to support students who have difficulties with their handwriting.

    By: Deborah Smith
  • Making sense of sensory processing

    Making sense of sensory processing

    Published: 09/10/2019

    Hannah Snowsill is an occupational therapist with over 20 years’ experience working across the NHS, education and independently. Here she explores sensory processing in a classroom context.

    By: Hannah Snowsill
  • 20 ideas for supporting SEND learners in science classrooms

    20 ideas for supporting SEND learners in science classrooms

    Published: 05/09/2020

    Rob Butler was a special school science teacher for twenty years and has worked with mainstream schools as an advanced skills teacher (AST). Here he shares his experience with 20 SEND tips, ideas and approaches for science teachers.

    By: Rob Butler