TEACHING RESOURCES AND WEB LINKS FOR DYSLEXICS AND DYSLEXIA TEACHERS
                               

Links to:   ADD/ADHD    dyslexia teaching software       handwriting      jigsaws   Homeschooling dyslexic children      Learning Styles and Multiple intelligences              mindmapping        MFL Teaching     numeracy     phonics   puzzles for dyspraxia    study skills/memory    semantic pragmatic disorder    text to speech software   vision and dyslexia wordsearches             

THE LINKS ON THIS PAGE (Apart from the "generally useful" ones like BDA etc.) are either to lesser-known companies whose material we feel confident to recommend because we know the people and/or their material ourselves, or to websites that we've visited and have found useful.  Keep coming back- we'll be updating this page regularly (weekly if possible). To suggest a link, please email   links@dyslexiahelp.co.uk    - we'll check the site out ASAP. Thanks!

• GAMES AND BOOKS ( Dyslexia-friendly Crossbow material)

  
                           "GENERALLY USEFUL" SITES: UK
• The National Grid for Learning Inclusion site can be found at: http://inclusion.ngfl.gov.uk 
• British Dyslexia Association site: www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk
• PATOSS (Professional Assn. of Teachers of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties):  www.Patoss_dyslexia.org
• The Dyslexia Institute: specialist teaching and assessment, "units of sound" spelling programme, teacher training, publications: www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk  
• LOTS OF FREE RESOURCE DOWNLOADS, plus the rest of the SNIP (Special Needs Information Press) website, including magazine back issues, A-Z of syndromes etc etc. If you're a SEN teacher and you haven't come across SNIP, visit it now, bookmark the site, and subscribe to the magazine. http://www.snip-newsletter.co.uk/downloads.shtml
• An excellent site for book reviews, children's literature, writers and aspiring writers: www.wordpool.co.uk
• National Internet Accessibility Database (NIAD)
  This web lists and describes a very wide range of software and hardware.
  There are items to support all areas of disability including dyslexia.
  It was devised mainly for staff and students in further and higher education. 
  However, it will be of interest to all dyslexic adults and to parents of
  dyslexics.
  Web: http://niad.disinhe.ac.uk
• THE one-stop resource site for teachers: not only are they efficient, friendly and successful (loads of hits every week), but they don't charge a fortune to publishers, which encourages people like those listed here. (A lot of marketing "opportunities" in the educational  publishing sphere are economically out of the question for many of the small -often better- companies) www.schoolzone.co.uk
• Special Needs Information Press (SNIP) An excellent publication covering all aspects of SEN, produced by an experienced SENCO: www.sniponline.demon.co.uk
• DON'T MISS THIS ONE- BY AN 11-YR OLD DYSLEXIC BOY: www.iamdyslexic.com
• Trafford's Learning Support Service, with more recommended sites listed:
  http://www.lsstrafford.freeserve.co.uk
• A very comprehensive and informative site covering all aspects of SEN technology, run by UK ICT specialists Iansyst: www.dyslexic.com
• A NEW SITE FOR HOMESCHOOLING DYSLEXIC CHILDREN: lots of links and info for UK homeschoolers. Clear, user friendly, lots of content.
  www.dyslexics.org.uk
• Homework support: (UK)
  A site to help dyslexic students in the west of England with assignments and deadlines. Work is corrected for a charge.
  http://www.dyslexiasupport.co.uk
• Dyslexia Information: an award-winning site featuring a range of useful articles and cross-curricular resource links. Very user-friendly; lots of PRACTICAL stuff useful for parents as well as teachers.
  http://www.dyslexia-information.com
• TWO SITES WITH A FOCUS ON DYSLEXIA IN THE WORKPLACE
  • A UK based Business Consultancy specialising in Dyslexia awareness, training and support: www.equetive.com  j
  • A site connecting dyslexic business leaders, owners and entrepreneurs to share best practices, experience and business know-how. :www.dyslexiabusiness.net
    

  
  
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• The Dyslexia Society (USA) Index page-  loads of links and info, maintained by the Davis Dyslexia Association http://pages.hotbot.com/edu/dyslexia/dyslexia.html
• Davis Dyslexia Association home page: www.dyslexia.com
• The International Dyslexia Association (Formerly the Orton Society): www.interdys.com
• Useful article for struggling teachers "The dyslexic child in the classroom"
  www.dyslexia.com/library/classroom/htm
• WORLD OF DYSLEXIA: information about dyslexia for parents with a dyslexic child, as well as for adults who are dyslexic. Includes the Dyslexia Parents Resource, Dyslexia Teacher, the Dyslexia Adults Link, and the Dyslexia Online Magazine. Also with UK and Australia contacts.
  http://www.dyslexia-parent.com/world_of_dyslexia.html
• A nicely user-friendly page of dyslexia links- Gretchen's dyslexia Information Page:
  http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7752/dyslexic.html
• Interesting ADD/HD site with comprehensive list of dyslexia (and other LD) links.
  Drug-free ADD/HD therapy, and book based on the personal experience of a Psychologist who overcame ADD/HD in his own life:
  www.caer.com
• An excellent USA links site run by a dyslexic person: 
• http://inclusivemedia.net/resources/resources Another massive "springboard" for info on all areas of disability, not just dyslexia. Links for everything you can think of, plus many you probably can't! If you really want to dig deep, go there. 
  www.arachnaut.org
• BRAD ELDER
  Brad emailed me just recently with the link to his site. A personal account of his experiences as a dyslexic studying for (and gaining) his Phd., this is a refreshingly honest insight into the world of one dyslexic individual.
  As well as sharing his struggles and successes, Brad writes about some of the resources that he has found most useful. Well worth a visit.
  http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/E/Bradley.D.Elder-1/dys.html
• GUILT-FREE PARENTING-  How to Raise Happy and Successful Kids! You Need These Secrets of Guilt Free Parenting. Help your child succeed with the unique resources at www.kidsgoals.com, including a FREE "Kids Unlimited" ezine.
  www.kidsgoals.com
• GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER OFFERS NEW PERSPECTIVE ON DYSLEXIA
  
  FAIRFAX, Va.---George Mason University's Krasnow Institute for Advanced
  Study recently joined forces with author Thomas G. West and scientist Gordon F. Sherman to study dyslexics and their families. Unlike other research organizations, the new Center for the Study of Dyslexia and Talent will focus its research on the special talents of dyslexics instead of on their
  deficits.
  
  "The Center for the Study of Dyslexia and Talent represents a completely new
  perspective on dyslexia, one that focuses on special abilities rather than
  disabilities," says James L. Olds, director of the Krasnow Institute for
  Advanced Study and University Professor.
  
  The center is developing a varied program to study the distinctive talents
  of dyslexics, including the use of new computer graphic and visualization tools to assess these talents. The program also will investigate patterns of
  talents seen over generations in families that show dyslexia mixed with high
  degrees of success in the arts and sciences. A special emphasis of the
  center is to look at the total life experiences of successful dyslexics to help
  other dyslexics better use their own distinctive strengths.
  
  Dyslexics often have great difficulty with reading, writing, foreign
  languages and other academic subjects. However, many dyslexics have special talents in visual-spatial thinking and related areas and can be unusually
  innovative and creative in the arts and sciences and in business and
  technology. Prominent dyslexics include John Chambers, president and chief
  executive officer of Cisco Systems; Don Winkler, chairman and chief
  executive officer of Ford Motor Credit Company; artist Robert Rauschenberg; architect Richard Rogers; pediatric neurosurgeon Fred Epstein; and Guy Ritchie, writer, producer and director of the movie "Snatch."
  
  "It is time to learn from the distinctive strengths of dyslexics, rather
  than just focusing on their weaknesses and failures. We want to understand the talents of successful dyslexics and study how these talents are important
  for education and work, especially in our world of radical economic and
  technological change," explains West, director of the new center. West, who
  was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 41, is the author of the
  award-winning book "In the Mind's Eye," which examines the role of
  visual-spatial strengths and verbal weaknesses in the lives of ten dyslexic
  historical people, including Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Gen. George
  Patton and William Butler Yeats.
  
  Sherman is the center's science director. The current executive director of
  The Newgrange School and Educational Outreach Center in Princeton, N.J.,
  Sherman recently served as the director of the Dyslexia Research Laboratory
  at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Mass., and was an
  assistant professor in neurology at Harvard Medical School. Sherman also is
  the past president of the International Dyslexia Association.
  
  For more information on the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, visit
  http://www.krasnow.org.
  
  
  
  Media Contact: Dan Walsch, (703) 993-8785 or dwalsch@gmu.edu
  
                            
                               RECOMMENDED RESOURCES  SITES
• Great specialist software for dyslexia teaching, from the Bangor Dyslexia Unit: http://xavier.bangor.ac.uk/
• "Handwriting for windows" software- highly recommended :www.kber.co.uk
  Comments on this programme:
  The advantages of handwriting 2 over using word and one of the pseudo
  handwriting fonts in a grey colour are
  1.  possible to set your own cursive style, lead ins for all letters, loops
  or not ( we definitely don't use loops), the 'right for us' type of letters
  r and s , closed b , h etc or open 'curly, loopy ' f or a modified stick -
  all of which are correctly joined - programme makes adjustments dependent
  where letter is in the word.
  with the various fonts otherwise available you just have to accept the
  letter styles you're offered !
  
  2. precursive as well as this almost infinite variety of cursive styles
  
  3. dense dot or light dotted for tracing
  
  i.e. - I'm sold on it and so is rest of our dyslexia centre
  (Barbara Horsfall-Turner)
  
  
• More games, a beautifully designed CD Rom and exquisite jigsaw software: www.gamzuk.com
• Photocopiable materials for phonics etc (Yes, there's loads out there, but this stuff is nice. Written by an Educational Psychologist who knows what he's doing!)
  www.kickstart.co.uk
• More good photocopiable stuff, well-presented, written by experienced teachers.
  David Guthrie, who runs SENTER, used to be an SEN adviser. The whole range of SENTER publications can be viewed on a free  CD. Clever idea! Give David a ring on 0800 616692. (Freephone as well). www.senter.co.uk
• "A unique collection of educational puzzles and challenges to help with Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Living and Learning difficulties." This is what THE HAPPY PUZZLE COMPANY say on the front of their catalogue. Their stuff looks great at exhibitions, and I Know an occupational therapist who thinks they're brilliant, so have a look: www.happypuzzle.co.uk
• Lots of SpLD expertise, resource reviews for literacy and numeracy, numeracy games (a lovely "clock" resource) and other teaching material that Jan has produced herself: www.janpoustie.co.uk
• Excellent material for study skills, memory training etc. from Jane Mitchell, a popular lecturer in the field  (software and other materials): www.calsc.co.uk
• CALSC review- extracted from online forum submission by Clare North
   "We have just started using Calsc with our 5-7 year-olds and it seems to be
   going well. I originally got it because I became involved with a boy in
   the mainstream who had very specific reading difficulties which did not appear
   to be primarily phonological. He definitely improved if we presented work
   on blue paper but his main difficulty was appalling visual memory. I also
   have a boy in the Unit who had a stroke at 20 months and has dreadful
   phonological difficulties. He is now 7 and still struggling to remember more
   than ten or so words. In addition to the obvious difficulties he appears
   to have some visual memory difficulties which are linked specifically to
   symbols rather than pictures etc. He has an excellent eye for detail in
   real life and when he draws but has no strength from which to build literacy
   skills. I decided to try Calsc with him to see whether he could develop
   some strategies to improve his working memory. Things are definitely looking up
   and he loves the challenge of the program which can be made as abstract
   and complicated as you could ever possibly want! It is great fun (and
   impossible!) to succeed at all the levels.
  
   Clare North
• Learning Style Identification. This is an important area. For a quick checklist that can help identify  learning styles (Visual, auditory or kinaesthetic), click HERE for an extract from our book "Study Skills, A multisensory Guide."  For more detailed information, try these:
  (Acknowledgements to  Plymouth SENCO Steve Soames)

  For an online review of a book called 'The dominance factor' which explores
  how dominant sides of the body (hand, foot, ear, brain and eye) can
  influence learning: http://members.tripod.lycos.co.kr/wonderworld/books/books018.htm
  
   It shows how to create a profile and suggests learning strategies for each
   of the 32 profiles.
  
  For an overview of Multiple Intelligence (Visual, auditory, kinaesthetic);
  http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,3-605,00.html
  
   A brief overview of accelerated learning literature which makes heavy reference to multiple intelligences can be seen at http://www.smarterkids.com/rescenter/learnstyle.asp
  
  An excellent set of resources with 'interactive learning style tests'
  based on the multiple intelligences  http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm
  

• Mindmapping
  
  Book, video information from:
  The Buzan Centres Ltd, 54 Parkstone Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 2PG
  Tel: 01202 674 676 Fax: 01202 674 776
  e-mail: buzan@mind-map.com Web: www.mind-map.com
  
  For the following information, we are grateful to Mrs EA Draffan of Sussex University
  Assistive Technology Centre, who also runs the NIAD site listed above.
  
  Thinksheet, mentioned below, PC version is now available.
  Mind Mapping Software
  
  So you thought you had all the links to the latest Mind Mapping resources?
  
  The Internet has proved to be a wonderful way of finding out about the
  latest mind mapping tools which can encourage students to plan essays,
  organise their time and jot down notes.
  
  The process of mind mapping is well described by the Bangor Dyslexia Unit:
  http://www.bangor.ac.uk/specialneeds/dyslexia/mindmap/what.htm
  
  Useful programs that can often be downloaded in trial version are:
  
  MindManager http://www.mindman.co.uk/
  This program is designed for students as well as businesses and is based on
  the concepts presented by Tony Buzan.  The graphical representation can be
  exported to other word-processing programs in all formats including
  bulleted lists or as a picture. It has quite a complex menu system but the
  right hand mouse access to branches etc makes it relatively easy to use.
  Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT (there is no native version
  for MAC platforms) Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT (there is
  no native version for MAC platforms)
  
  Inspiration http://www.inspiration.com/
  This is an easy program to use with clear menus and short cut keys and
  ideas held in chosen shapes which are linked in a spider gram appearance.
  It transfers the graphical diagram to the linear format within the program
  so that updates occur in either mode. As with all the programs, pictures
  can be imported or copied from other programs. Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0 or
  Macintosh or Power Macintosh
  
  Visual Mind http://www.visual-mind.com/MindMapdownload.htm
  In appearance Visual Mind seems similar to Mindmanager with notes appearing
  below the graphical outline.  However there are more options for imbedding
  hyperlinks and high-powered search facilities for the very large mindmap.
  Windows 95/98/NT
  
  Visual Concept http://www.visual-concept.co.uk
  This program has a graphical mode with the possibility of exporting in
  linear mode to Word as well as viewing in both a table and diagram view.
  It has four levels of undo rather than the usual one. Ideas can be linked
  in clusters.  It is a high powered program for the person who wants to make
  the most of both concept mapping as well as brain storming. Windows 95 or
  later, Windows NT 4.0 or later.
  
  MindMapper http://www.mindmapper.com
  This program has the concept of nodes with the use of dialog boxes to
  complete a branch or new idea.   Once the ideas have been mind mapped, as
  with other programs, the hierarchy is very flexible and branches can be
  moved.  The outline shape can be changed, converted into a linear format
  and an overview is always available. Win 95, 98 or Windows NT
  
  Thinksheet www.fishermarriott.com (Windows version under development)
  The original program was based on a card system used in the way one uses
  Post-it notes.  These notes can be shuffled and a hierarchy is developed
  that can be made to fit paragraph structures.  At present the program is
  available for Acorn machines only but work is in progress on a Windows
  version.
  
  VisiMap http://www.coco.co.uk/prodvm.html
  This program has many of the features mentioned in other programs but also
  imports a large variety of graphical formats and has been used by graphic
  designers.  It has file linking for the single user as well as across a
  network. It uses levels and branches as in MindManager with colour and
  notes in a lower window. Windows 3.1 or later, Windows 95 or later, or
  Windows NT 3.51 or later.
  
  Decision Explorer http://www.banxia.co.uk/defeat.html
  This is primarily a business tool although there is a student version.
  Each idea in within a shape in the same way as they appear in Inspiration
  rather than on the branch. The concept is similar to other programs but the
  language used to describe actions is fairly complex. Dialogue boxes are
  used to help with making changes to the diagram or linear version.  This is
  a very extensive program and is quite expensive but a free trial download
  is available. Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT4 or compatible (a 16-bit version
  3.0.8 is included for Windows 3.1 support).
  
  
  Brainstorming Toolbox
  http://www.brainstorming.co.uk/extra/productservices.html#bt
  
  Brainstorming Toolbox is a piece of software for brainstorming sessions and it is designed to fit with the free training given on
  http://www.brainstorming.co.uk web site. It gives instant access to the
  techniques described by this site but covers a much wider range of
  techniques than just mind mapping.  This is designed for business and would need training sessions on both the techniques used as well as the software.
  Minimum specification: Window 95/98/NT, 486, 16Mb RAM, 10 Mb disk space,
  65536 colours. Download for a 30 day free trial
  
  Many companies are using mindmapping for business training using their own and others' software. Useful links for information may be
  Teamwork http://www.teamwork.demon.co.uk/mind_maps/mind_basic.html
  P-M-A http://www.p-m-a.co.uk/mm/mm.htm
  
  Mrs E.A.Draffan
  Assistive Technology Centre, Lancaster House, University of Sussex, Falmer,
  Brighton BN1 9QP
  Tel: 01273 678497        e.a.draffan@sussex.ac.uk     
  http://www.atc.sussex.ac.uk
  
  

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                         FREE RESOURCES AND SOFTWARE

  FREE Downloads from kidsdomain.com : software from tinies  upward, covering all sorts - http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/pc/_agefreeware-index.html

• FREE wordsearch generating software  download:  http://freespace.virgin.net/richard.thompson1/
• Another wordsearch generator: nice to use and print from, but not a software download like the above: www.islandnet.com/mark/
• Free text to speech software (haven't tried this yet- found the link on another site:)  http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,0010FL,.html
• Free spelling lists- could be of use to parents: www.avco.org/dolch.htm
• Teaching Modern Foreign Languages to dyslexics- very informative site:
  www.tomlinson.com/david/case/

• Bibliography for teaching MFL to dyslexics, with references to the most
  authoritative recent articles etc.: www.tomlinson.com/downloads/biblio
  

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  OTHER SEN SITES 
  (With thanks to Rik Ludlow for allowing us to publish the fruits of his internet trawling labour!):

• You will already know about the MULTIMEDIA PACK  - guide-BBC 28 minute video-Web site http://www.ditt-online.org    This is both scholarly and practical - an efficient information and lobbying tool - with practical tips to teachers at all levels and parents.   Unique to the market, it gives a snap shot of what each of the 15 Member States of the European Union  does - assessing/training/support
  /resources and European contacts.  All teacher training programmes would find this useful.  Get your copy now per the Web site and please see attachment.
  Any queries to Judith Sanson at DITT Dyslexia International Tools and Technologies
• 
  There are nice pictures for SEN
   http://www.jetcity.com/~suebee/photos/elephants.html
  
  These are a range of other sites I have found useful:
  
  Some interesting stuff is at ;
  http://www.ambleside.schoolzone.co.uk/ambleweb/clickon/index.htm
  http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/index.htm
  http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html
  http://www.argosphere.net
  
  To trawl the senco-forum archives go to www.google.com and type in:
  senco-forum mailing list archives.
  
  For something more interesting try www.copernic.com. This is a piece of
  free software that searches the search engines.
  
  The Standards Site has launched a new Gender and Achievement area to help
  teachers raise the profile of gender issues in schools, and share good
  practice. The area provides information on boys' underachievement and
  offers advice on a range of whole school issues which are critical to
  raising the performance of underachieving boys and girls.
  http://www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/genderandachievement
  
  The former National Association for the Education of Sick Children, now
  called Present,
  http://www.sickchildren.org.uk/
  
  The site for the Disability Discrimination Act.
  http://www.disability.gov.uk/dda/index.html
  
  SISS at Stirling University: http://www.stir.ac.uk/siss/
  
  Educational and very safe site = www.epals.com   links to thousands of
  classrooms worldwide + moderated e-mail
  
  www.yahooligans.com    - excellent portal - child-centred search engine
  
  Net Connections for the web has a wealth of stuff on language development,
  speech and langauge thereapy, communicaion disorders, autism, and reams and
  reams of stuff on AAC.  It can be found on:
  
  www.communicationdisorders.com or
  www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/comdis/kuster2/welcome.html
  
  pages on langauge development can be found on
  http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/comdis/kuster2/basics.html
  pages on speech and language disorders can be found on
  http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/comdis/kuster2/splang.html
  pages on therapy are on
  http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/comdis/kuster2/therapy.html
  pages on AAC are on
  http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/comdis/kuster2/therapy/augmentative.html
  And if you are working with Intellikey overlays, and a range of hi-tech
  communication aids which you may use symbols for there are some great crib
  sheets/ tutorials on http://aac.unl.edu/AACTU/tutoring.html (its already
  been useful, and great stuff for professionals to be giving to parents and
  other staff on how to use aids without them getting lost in an entire
  manual).
  And one final great AAC site found on the above is at
  http://www.mrtc.org/~duffy/yaack/ full of useful articles on AAC with young children.
  
  Another useful site with some good symbol stuff on making visual schedules,
  timetables, books, etc can be found at
  http://neurosci90.health.ufl.edu/start.html - it contains advice on making
  visual information as well.
  
  For Makaton vocab, try: http://www.makaton.org/
  
  NASUWT have a website at www.teachersunion.org.uk
  
  the following web site has a list of special schools, LEA and Independent
  which accept pupils with Autism, Asperger Syndrome or a similar disorder.
  www.mugsy.org/schools.htm
  
  www.worksheetfactory.com  has lots of materials for KS1-2 (3ish)
  
  
  David Wray has a website which has some writing frames on it
  
  http://www.warwick.ac.uk/staff/D.J.Wray/links/ideas
  
  Also Whacky Webtales
  
  http://wwweduplace.com/nmco/school/tales
  
  
  And  Story starts on-line writing frames for primary pupils at
  
  http://wwwsutton.lincs.sch.uk/zone/story/start.html
  
  
  
  There is a Website for Learn How To who market IEP Writer.
  You will find them at
  http://www.learnhowpublications.co.uk/
  
  NASEN home page:
  http://www.nasen.org.uk/mainpg.htm
  
  http://www.the-educator.co.uk  an excellent site for resources,  dfee etc
  etc
  
  Try www.clubtype.co.uk for useful fonts.
  
  'Children first', which lists disabilities with advice on the
  implications for teaching is on the RADAR website which is
  http://www.radar.org.uk/index.html
  
  A website that should develop as a source of useful material and links is at: http://www.virtualspecialschool.co.uk and is in its infancy.
  There's a risk assessment form there, manual handling stuff, FE stuff, other
  stuff, and a variety of links.  
  
  
  Try also:
  
  www.cricksoft.com
  www.widgit.com
  http://www.widgit.com/forum_index.htm
  
  www.oneworld.org/autism_uk/asd.html
  
  www.becta.org.uk/inclusion/
  www.becta.org.uk/inclusion/sen/discussion/index.html
  
  www.becta.org.uk/resources/sen/index.html
  www.becta.org.uk/info-sheets/dyslexia.html
  www.becta.org.uk/projects/senco/exec3.html
  www.becta.org.uk/projects/senco/exec3.html
  http://www.becta.org.uk/inclusion/sen/orgs/index.html
  
  www.vtc.ngfl.gov.uk
  www.vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/vtc/class/special.html
  
  www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/literacy
  www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/library/publications/targetsetting/parttwo/structu
  re/language/speaking
  www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/schemes
  www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/numeracy/NNSresources
  
  www.mathsyear2000.org/
  
  www.yearofreading.org.uk/writers/ideas/index.html
  
  http://www.tomwilson.com/david/case/index.html
  
  www.scienceweb.org.uk/
  www.vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/resource/cits/science/prfocus/psinvest/psiindex.html
  
  www.semerc.com
  www.granadalearning.com/special_needs/
  www.yearofreading.org.uk/writers/ideas/index.html
  
  www.thehungersite.com
  www.prodworks.com/eval3/setup_pww35ev.exe
  www.vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/resource/cits/maths/internet.html
  www.bbc.co.uk/education/megamaths/theworldof/12/patterns.html
  www.sutton.lincs.sch.uk
  www.ambleside.schoolzone.co.uk/ambleweb/index.htm
  www.nrich.maths.org.uk
  
  http://clevermedia.com/arcade
  http://www.mathsyear2000.org/games/Mathgorilla/index.html
  http://www.mathsyear2000.org/games/Mathfighter/index.html
  http://www.jamit.com.au/FreeFrac/app1002.html
  
  http://www.tygh.demon.co.uk/halves/index.htm
  
  http://www.visualfractions.com/index.htm
  http://members.tripod.co.uk/HE_SPECIAL_UK/index.htm
  http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt
  http://www.numberzone.co.uk
  
  www.sutton.lincs.sch.co.uk
  
  www.lss6trafford.freeserve.co.uk
  
  
  http://www.specialednews.com
  
  Try that of Robert Leggat: "Some useful educational sites on the Internet"
  
  at: http://host1.kbnet.co.uk/rleggat/education/
  
  Hertfordshire Careers Service are developing their web site and have
  included downloadable information on some of the options available to young people with special needs as they prepare to leave school.
  
  More information can be found at:
  http://www.herts-careers.co.uk/pages/young/tyneeds.htm
  
  
  
  
  Ann Berger posted a message about websites last December or so - here is a
  "cut and paste" of it:
  
  
  
  Grammar Gorillas
  http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
  
  Special Needs pupils working on sentence construction will enjoy this playful site, which employs cute graphics in a game that tests knowledge of grammar terms and improves overall literacy. The game is helpfully differentiated into Beginners and Advanced stages, with pupils aiming to feed the Grammar Gorillas by correctly identifying nouns, verbs and other parts of speech. ( It also has some maths games)
  
  
  Chatback Trust
  
  http://www.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/chatback/
   6 St Mary's Crescent, Royal Leamington Spa,Warwickshire CV31 1JL
                     Tel: 01926 888333 Fax: 01926 435534
  
  The Chatback Trust provides electronic mail to special schools in the UK and abroad to enable e-mail penfriends. Children in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Estonia, Germany,  Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Poland and the USA are communicating by e-mail.
  
  
  Wacky Web Tales
  http://www.eduplace.com/hmco/school/tales/
  
  Wacky Web Tales uses grammar knowledge and then composes a story from
  the answers.
  
   Infant Explorer
  (http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/infant/)
  
  Specifically designed for the Literacy Hour at Key Stage 1, this site includes two online Big Books, and the opportunity for children to respond to the books by e-mail. The books can be used by a group for guided reading and help to develop  ICT skills alongside literacy.
  
  Spellaroo
  (http://www.funbrain.com/spellroo/index.html)
  
                  Presented with fun cartoons, Spellaroo is a motivating
  way to help Key Stage  pupils with their spelling. Particularly appropriate for Special Needs pupil Spellaroo asks pupils to pick out the incorrectly
  spelled word from a sentenc encouraging pupils to self-check their own work.
  
  AFASIC.
  http://www.afasic.org.uk/f_speech.html
  
  A national voluntary organisation representing children and young people
  with speech and language impairments and their families. Website
  provides information about different speech and language  impairments,,
  help available, range of services offered by AFASIC, publication,
  details of training courses and current reset projects
  
  
  ADDNet UK
   http://www.web-tv.co.uk/addnet.html
  
  ADDNet is the UK's national Web-site for Attention Deficit
  (Hyperactivity) Disorder - AD/HD. (For Information about AD/HD, visit our on-line nformation Library).
  
  It has been set up by volunteers comprising of Individuals, Professionals and Support Groups. The purpose of this Web Site, run for the benefit of the whole AD/HD community, is to be a common point of reference for information and intelligent debate on AD/HD in the UK and to provide a rapid means of communicating between the UK Support Groups and the UK AD/HD Community. It is, hopefully, of use to ADDers and their families (especially those new to AD/HD who may need guidance on who and where in their area to turn for help and/or information), as well as Health and Education Professionals and the Media (International visitors' are welcome too).
  
  The Association of Workers for Children with Emotional and Behavioural
  Difficulties
  (AWCEBD)
  http://www.mistral.co.uk/awcebd/links.htm
  
  AWCEBD exists to promote excellence in services for children and young
  people who have emotional and behavioural difficulties and to support
  those who work with them.
  
  
  Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD) Syndrome
  (http://www.liberty.org.uk/cacib/)
  
                  Children with NLD are often proficient readers and
  articulate speakers in primary school. However, they have difficulty interpreting non-verbal communication, and may display behavioural problems as a result. The condition has been described as the reverse of dyslexia, and has similarities to Asperger's Syndrome. A library of articles about NLD accompanies practical tips for teachers and parents.
  
  Downs Ed Trust
  http:/www.downsnet.org/
  
  The Sarah Duffen Centre, Belmont street, Southsea, Portsmouth,
  Hampshire, PO5 1N
  Tel:01705 824 261  Fax:01705 824265
  
  Training, Publishing, Individual Services and Research.
  
  Scope
  
  http://www.scope.org.uk
  
                     12 Park Crescent, London W1N 4EQ
                     Tel 0171 636 5020 Fax 0171 436 2601
  
   Scope is the largest charity in this country working with people with
  cerebral palsy and their families and carers. The Microtechnology
  service on 01763 260771 does microtechnology assessments and manufactures specialised electronic equipment. The cerebral palsy
  helpline on 0800 626216 is available 9.00am to 9.00pm weekdays and 2.00
  to 6.00pm weekends for advice, information and support.
  
  The National Autistic Society
  
  http://www.oneworld.org/autism_uk/index.html
  
                     276 Willesden Lane, London NW2 5RB
                     Tel: 0181 451 1114 Fax: 0181 451 5865
  
  Runs an advisory and information service for people with autism and related disorders, such as Asperger syndrome, parents, carers and professionally interested people on the nature of autism, the type of services available.
  
  National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
   http://www.rmplc.co.uk/orgs/nagc/index.html
  
                     NAGC Head Office in Milton Keynes
                     Tel: 01908 673677 E-mail: nagc@rmplc.co.uk
  
   The National Association for Gifted Children is a membership
  organisation, comprising parents,  teachers and other interested adults.
  
  The web site includes the following  sections: Is a child Gifted?,
   Services to Teachers, News and Information, NAGC Branches,
  Counselling Services, Publications, Services to Parents, NAGC
  Newsletters and Research.
  
  
  
  Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
  (http://www.rnib.org.uk/)
  
                 The internet has the potential to give visually impaired
  people access to information on the same terms as sighted people. The RNIB
  demonstrates how this potentia can be realised. Its site is designed to be used by the blind, employing braille or speech access technology, the partially sighted - who can alter the look of pages to suit their needs - and the fully sighted. A cornucopia of information, including information about support services, specific eye conditions, and ways in which  sighted people can help.
  
   Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
  (http://www.rnid.org.uk/)
  
                  How can hearing people communicate effectively with Deaf
  people? How can businesses make their services accessible to those with
  hearing problems? What is tinnitus anyway? The RNID offers practical advice and services to improve the everyday lives of people with hearing loss. Its site also features an information  service, news of national campaigns, and animated online tutorials in finger spelling.
  
  
  
  The Basic Skills Agency (formerly ALBSU)
  
  http://www.basic-skills.co.uk/
  
                     Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1NU
                     Tel: 0171 405 4017 Fax: 0171 440 6626
  
  The national agency for basic skills in England and Wales. The Unit research and produces a wide range of teaching and learning materials.
  
  
   Becta - The British Educational Communications and Technology agency
                     (formerley NCET)
  
  http://www.becta.org.uk/
  
   Milburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ
    Tel: 01203 416994 Fax: 01203 411418
  E-mail: enquiry_desk@becta.org.uk
  
  Becta produces publications and provides information about special needs. Becta works with a wide range of organisations and individuals, including staff in schools and colleges, to look at ways of improving access for learners with physical, sensory or learning disabilities. It evaluates the potential of new and existing computer applications and identifies how these can  provide access and enhance the curriculum for all students.
  
   Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education (CSIE)
  
  http://inclusion.uwe.ac.uk/csie/csiehome.htm
  
                     1 Redland Close, Elm Lane, Redland, Bristol BS6 6UE
                     Tel: 0117 923 8450 Fax: 0117 923 8460
  CSIE is an independent charity committed to working towards an end
  to all forms of segregated education. It collects and disseminates
  information, provides advice and consultancy, and publishes a range of booklets and fact sheets. It works direct with parents and people with disabilities or difficulties in learning, as well as with LEAs and voluntary organisations.
  
  Thanks, Rik!
  

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         SEMANTIC PRAGMATIC DISORDER
         Have a look at Margo Sharp's paper on Semantic Pragmatic Disorder at
         http://www.hyperlexia.org/sp1.html. 

 vision/visual dyslexia (See also REFERENCE section)

http://www.visualdyslexia.com/ Useful site for info, courses and resources on visual dyslexia. Run   by  a prominent expert in the field.

A very useful overview and links page can be found at the Essex University site:
www.essex.ac.uk/psychology/overlays

www.healthy.net/oep/

www.covd.org

www.pave-eye.com/vision/

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