Methods and Approaches

• Autism Toolkit - The Scottish Government has issued an Autism Toolbox to all schools. This gives practitioners training recommendations, guidance and strategies for supporting pupils on the Autism Spectrum in mainstream schools. It is intended as a useful resource for all schools. The following links will help you access the Autism Toolbox.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/266126/0079626.pdf [web link]

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/924/0084006.pdf [web link]

• Restorative Approaches [pdf file]
  • www.betterbehaviourscotland.gov.uk   [web link]
  • www.restorativejusticescotland.org.uk   [web link]
    
• Learning and Teaching Scotland offers many useful resources for teachers and schools, for example:
  
  • www.ltscotland.org.uk/assess/   [web link]
  • www.ltscotland.org.uk/inclusiveeducation/   [web link]
    
• Disability Discrimination Act - Accessibility Strategy for Schools[pdf file]
  
• Additional Support Teams in Highland Primary Schools [pdf file]
  
• English as an Additional Language
• Behaviour Management Resources
  • Framework for Intervention  www.f4i.org   [web link]
  • Briefing for School Senior Management teams on Structured Intervention Approach [powerpoint]
• The Elaborated Curriculum & Associated Programmes of Study [pdf file]: This Scottish Executive Education Department pack offers a curriculum framework together with associated programmes of study, designed to meet the needs of pupils who have severe, profound and complex learning difficulties.
  
• BRITE - www.brite.ac.uk [web link]
  The BRITE Initiative was set up in 2001 to provide information, training and assistance about the effective use of enabling technologies for the staff in Scotland's colleges who work to include and support students.
• Asperger Syndrome in your classroom [web link]
• Good Practice Guidelines for providing Visual Support [pdf file]:  Visual supports can help childen to understand and anticipate what's going to happen.  They provide structure and predictability and promote independence.  Visual supports enhance children's understanding therefore can reduce anxiety and enhance the child's ability to learn.
• SPELL [web link] see below for new SPELL documents.
• SPELL.Blank
• Pre Meeting SPELL Info
• New SPELL Meeting.doc
• Going Places - these materials have been developed to assist young people with Asperger's Syndrome or high functioning autism to develop independent travel skills.
  • Going Places - Manual for Trainers [word file]
  • Going Places - Manual for Trainees [word file]
  • Going Places - Training Materials [word file]
• Specialist Post Graduate Qualifications in Additional Support Needs for Teachers (pdf file)
•  The Developmental Co-ordination Diifficulties (DCD) pack is a practical resource designed to help overcome the challenges faced by children and young people with this condition:
  • Developmental Coordination Disorder Web Pack [pdf file]
  • Information for Parents and Carers [pdf file]
  • DCD Practical Strategies[pdf file]
  • Home Strategies [pdf file]
  • Transition Pack [pdf file]
  • Movement Programme 2006 [pdf file]