Since starting our group we have found that a number of children are being educated at home, having either been excluded and/or awaiting a place in a suitable school. In addition, many sufferers of ADD/ADHD, both children and adults, may also have learning problems where extra help is needed. We hope to provide some practical low cost or free help in this section.
ConquerMaths
Jane from ConquerMaths writes; "You may already know of ConquerMaths, the online maths resource used in thousands of schools and homes in the UK and beyond.
We are successful because it works - anybody can use ConquerMaths, whatever their level of skill or knowledge. I am contacting you because we have had so much positive feedback from parents and teachers of children with special educational needs - and from the kids themselves! - that I thought you might like to take a look at what we offer.
Our website explains it better than I can, so I've shown a link here:
Overview - www.conquermaths.com
For private subscriptions (families/individuals) the normal cost is £99.00 per year for one student inc VAT, but we can offer 40% discount to SEN users. On the sign-up page of our website, there is a voucher code box, and the code to use is SPECNEEDS. (This is not in fact case-sensitive, I just wanted to highlight it!)
There is a different pricing structure for schools and learning centres, and they would need to contact us to discuss pricing."
Grey Olltwit Educational Software Over 200 programs for all abilities including those with ADHD, concentration difficulties and other Special Educational Needs. Free to those on low incomes.
Teaching Children With ADHD: Classroom Strategies To Engage The Easily Distracted
Excellent article including 20 very useful classroom strategies for engaging students.
Quiz Tree
It contains dozens of interactive quizzes on topics such as Elementary Math, Fractions, Spanish, Geography, SAT Verbal and Spelling. Some of the quizzes include audio clips and graphics. All quizzes feature animated interface, feedback sounds and other enhancements that make learning more enjoyable.
Let's Home School
Angie's Home Schooling page with loads of really helpful information and links to masses of free stuff
Home Education Advisory Service
"The Home Education Advisory service is a registered charity that gives advice, information and support to parents who are educating their children at home. They produce a range of publications and leaflets and provide consultancy services to professionals. Subscribers to HEAS receive a quarterly magazine, regional membership lists and access to the HEAS Advice Line."
U P S T A R T S "Educational, Rewarding and most of all FUN THEATRE GROUPS, TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS"
Special Needs Assessment Profile (SNAP)
"A new website which will be a major resource for special needs professionals working with 5-14 year olds with specific learning difficulties. It links specifically to the new, computer-aided Special Needs Assessment Profile (SNAP), while providing a general-purpose resource in which your own organisation and/or materials are referenced, with a web link"
Compiled by a Primary school teacher and ICT co-ordinator of a school in the UK this is a great list of freeware programs available for download on the net.
Encyclopaedia Britannica"A UK-based membership organisation which provides support and information for families whose children are being educated outside school, and for those who wish to uphold the freedom of families to take proper responsibility for the education of their children."
EnquireAn extremely useful resource for information on education in Scotland.
WrightslawPete and Pam Wright's excellent resource for US..." Parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys who come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about effective advocacy for children with disabilities. You'll find hundreds of articles, cases, newsletters, and other information about special education law and advocacy in the Wrightslaw Libraries. Download the NEW IDEA Compliance Report - with 100s of links and information about each state."
Educate OnlineEducate online is run by Chris Smith (a home educator) from Weston-super-Mare. Includes some excellent resources for home educators.
RHL School"The one and only place on the Web to get hundreds of free quality worksheets for teaching, reinforcement, and review."
The Worksheet FactoryThe Worksheet Factory has an excellent free dowload which generates math worksheets. They have fun jokes and clipart. The delux version also has decimals,money and magic squares but,you are limited 30 goes.
School Express"Hot Potatoes" is a free download which generates 6 types of quizes for use in web pages.
Educational-Psychologist.co.ukWebsite of a group of UK Educational Psychologists providing information and consultations via email. Please note this is not a free service. "...Work with an educational psychologist via e-mail advice and joint problem solving. Problems with: Reading, writing, spelling, specific learning difficulties/dyslexia, behaviour, ADD and ADHD, general learning difficulties, language delay and disorder, physical difficulties, autistic spectrum disorders, other disorders and syndromes."
TeAch-nology"Web portal for educators"
SEN Teacher Resources"Resources, freeware downloads, links and documents for those involved in the education of pupils with severe learning difficulties, autism and other developmental disabilities."
Inclusive Solutions"'CIRCLE OF FRIENDS' (1999) by Derek Wilson and Colin Newton. 'Circles of Friends' provides a step-by-step approach to setting up peer supports and harnessing the problem solving skills of the most natural resource available to schools - other children"
Cybersoftware"Cybersoftware educational software supplier, where you can buy childrens and educational cd-roms, well known educational software such as reader rabbit, satsoft, dorling kindersley offered at prices well below those of the high street. "
How To Make Your Own Web PageThere is little doubt that the Internet will form a greater part of our working lives in the future as more and more people find themselves working from home. If you're reading this, then you've probably got an Internet Account with someone who provides free web space for your own pages. Why not use this to get your children designing and publishing their own websites giving them an undoubted headstart. My page above (originally made in response to requests I received) will give you some handy information to get you started.
Help With The U.K. Educational Statementing Process
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