Websites

Visit our Therapy Resource Finder Tool webpage.

NHS

• NHS Glasgow and Clyde: therapy resources
• NHS Ayrshire and Arran: Safety in the community 
• NHS Kent Community Health: therapy resources 

Resources from other organisations

• Download children’s occupational therapy resources from the Symbaloo website. 
• Read this news article about outfitting a home for a child with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.  ​​
• Home learning and school closure packs.  Whether you're a teacher, parent or home educator, visit the Twinkl website for simple, step-by-step guides 
• Visit the Sensory Projects website for a list of links that could be handy if you are home educating children with sensory differences: 
• The Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists: Parent leaflets developed by The Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (APCP) is a clinical interest group of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP).
• National Autistic Association: A leading UK charity for people with autism (including Asperger syndrome) and their families. The website provides information, support and pioneering services, and campaign for a better world for people with autism.
• Bristish Stammering Association (BSA) website: The British Stammering Association a point of contact for information and support on stammering, also known as stuttering.
• Canchild website: CanChild is a research and educational centre that provides evidence-based information to improve the lives of children and youth with disabilities and their families.
• The Challenging Behaviour Foundation website: The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF) is a charity specialising in severe learning disabilities and behaviour described as challenging. Established by a family carer, we work with families and professionals supporting children and adults across the UK.
• The Communication Consortium: resources for children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).
• Do2Learn website: Do2Learn uses technology and the web to provide special learning resources for individuals with disabilities and the professionals and caregivers who serve them. Do2learn.com freely offers, for your personal use, thousands of pages of the best of the resources we have developed and tested.
• The Dyspraxia Foundation - download secondary classroom strategies
• ERIC – Education and Resource for Improving Childhood Continence
• Information on potty training, bedwetting, soiling, constipation and other topics. Downloadable leaflets references and advice.
• The Gray Center website: Information about Social Stories (these describe a situation, skill, or concept in terms of relevant social cues, perspectives, and common responses in a specifically defined style and format.)
• Handwriting without tears: An easy way to teach pre-printing, printing, and cursive handwriting for all children from reception through to year 5.
• Ian’s Shoelace Site: Learn traditional and adapted types of knots to tie your shoelaces in simple and basic steps, with lots of visual supports. Whether you’re after shoelace tying speed, simplicity, security or style, here’s 18 different shoelace knots to choose from, including several that Ian has created himself.
• I Can: A children’s communication charity. I CAN’s mission is to ensure that no child who struggles to communicate is left out or left behind.
• Intensive Interaction: an approach to teach the pre-speech fundamentals of communication to children and adults who have severe learning difficulties and/or autism and who are still at an early stage of communication development.
• Literacy Trust: Has information and support on language development from birth to age three with a specific section on “Talk To Your Baby” with downloadable resources.
• Makaton: Makaton is a language programme using signs and symbols to help people to communicate. It is designed to support spoken language and the signs and symbols are used with speech, in spoken word order.
• No time for flash cards: A comprehensive webpage with lots of creative ideas for play and learning, well classified according to ages and themes.
• One Place for Special Needs: A self-funded disability project, run by Dawn Villarreal in Illinois which has a library of social stories Library of social stories.
• PECS: Picture Exchange Communication System (exchanging pictures to request motivating things).
• Play and play things website: Ideas for your child with special needs and their siblings. Produced by the Play and Learning Programe at the State Child Development Centre in Western Australia.
• Speech and Language UK
• Your Therapy Source: Online USA based resource for special education, paediatric occupational therapy and paediatric physical therapy. Video – outdoor activities to develop handwriting

Websites with free typing resources:

• BBC Dance Mat Typing
• Typing Test
• Free Typing Game
• Only Typing Games
• Learning Games for Kids

Fledglings

Provides products that address everyday problems faced by children with disabilities such as cerebral palsy and autism

Rompa

Supplier of a wide range of multi sensory equipment and services for all ages and ability levels.

Special Direct

Special Direct, supplier is full range resources and equipment to help children with special needs such as Fidgets, pencil grasps, scissor skills, scissors, angled boards, games and activities.

Special Needs Toys

Suppliers of resources and equipment to help children with special needs. Has a large catalogue of sensory based toys.

Spacekraft

Supplier of a wide range of multi sensory equipment and services for all ages and ability levels.

TSS

Supplier of educational resources for schools and parents.

Anything Left handed

Provide specially designed left handed items to make life a bit easier for lefthanders

Hope Education

Hope supplies SEN resources, sensory equipment and special needs toys, and supports as part of Findel Educational a number of charities such as Dyslexia Action, The National Autistic Society and ADDISS.

PETA (UK) Ltd

Adapted scissors supplier

Back in Action

Supplier of the posture pack, a writing slope and seat wedge

Complete care shop

Complete care shop is a supplier of daily living aids and care equipment.

LDA – Primary and special needs

Privacy boards, weighted lap pads / wraps, move’n sit cushions, fidgets, scissors including adapted grasps, writestart desktop – sloped board, Write from the Start fluency programme, pencil grasps, reading window, scissor skills.

Patterson medical

Suppliers of Rehabilitation and Medical solutions. Suppliers of equipment for household use such a feeding, kitchen equipment, toileting and dressing designed for both adults and children.

Speech Bubble

Specific information on electronic communication aids. In this section you will find resources such as therapy packs and advice materials created for schools as well as relevant newsletters.