SEND Web Links
Links addressing special needs issues in general and early intervention
- http://www.firstsigns.org/
- http://www.specialchild.com/index.html
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/index.html
- http://www.childrensdisabilities.info/index.html
- http://www.parentingdubai.com/index_files/kidsfirstmedicalcenter.htm
Parenting websites (parents for children typically developing and children with special needs)
- http://raisingchildren.net.au/
- http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/index.html
- http://www.howkidsdevelop.com/index.html
- http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/
- http://www.zerotothree.org
Behavioural, Social, and Emotional Needs
(Examples-depression, eating disorders, ADD, ADHD, Tourette’s Syndromes, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)-easily annoyed and deliberately annoying to other people, mental health difficulties)
- About ADD/ADHD
- Teaching Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Resource Guide for Teachers
- Identifying and Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Resource for School and Home 2003
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Evaluation Guide for Emotional Behavioral Disability
- Challenges to Emotional and Behavioral Health
- Element : Student Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Supports
- Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD)
Associations - Behavioural, Social, and Emotional Needs
- The National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service
- Hyperactivity Children’s Support Group
- Tourette Syndrome Association (UK)
Down Syndrome – Dubai/UAE
Sensory and Physical Needs
(Examples-blind, partial sight, deaf, partial hearing, Conductive Deafness, Glue Ear, Sensori-neural Deafness, deaf and blind, cerebral palsy)
Understanding Vision Impairment
Associations-Sensory and Physical Needs
Hearing impairment
- http://www.babyhearing.org/
- http://www.ncbegin.org/
- http://www.johntracyclinic.org
- http://www.agbell.org
Cerebral palsy
Medical Conditions or Health Related Disability
(Examples-asthma, diabetes, allergies, epilepsy, cancer)
- Children’s Allergy and Anaphylaxis Protocols for Schools and Child Care Organizations
- School Guidelines for Managing Students with Food Allergies
- Asthma-Friendly Schools Initiative
- Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A guide for School Personnel
- Exercise, Sports & Diabetes: Going for the Goal
- Children with Diabetes: A Resource Guide for Families and Schools
Associations-Medical Conditions or Health Related Disability
Communication and Interaction Needs
(Examples- Speech impediment, Stuttering, Stammering, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, Semantic Pragmatic Disorder, Persuasive Language Disorder)
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Speech Conditions and Diagnoses (USA)
- Speech and Language Impairments
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA)
- National Stuttering Foundation (USA)
- Stuttering Foundation (USA)
- Afasic
- British Stammering Association
Associations - Communication and Interaction Needs
- Dubai Autism Center
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Autism Society of America
- Autism Speaks
- Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS) and MAAP Services for Autismm and Asperger Syndrome
- National Autism Center (USA)
- The National Autistic Society
- Office of Autism & Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (OAASIS)
- Saudi Autistic Society
Learning Difficulties
(Examples-Specific Learning Difficulty, General Learning Difficulty, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty (PMLD), Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)-check, Dyscalculia (developmental lag in acquisition of numerical skills), Dyslexia, Dyspraxia (Development Coordination Disorder (DCD), Dysgraphia (handwriting difficulties), Non-verbal Learning Disorders (NVLD), Right-Hemisphere Learning Disorders
Associations-Learning
- Auditory Processing Disorder UK Ltd.
- Dyscalculia
- British Dyslexia Association
- Dyslexia Action
- Dyspraxia Foundation
- Non-verbal Learning Disorder
- LD OnLine
Gifted and Talented
(Examples-outstanding ability or aptitude in one or more areas of creative or academic achievement—poetry, drawing, sport, or drama)
- Teaching Strategies for Able, Gifted & Talented Learners
- Gifted and Talented-For Teachers
- Gifted and Talented-Approaches & Strategies
Associations - Gifted and Talented
National Association of Gifted Children (USA)
Disabled
(Examples-permanent or temporary condition resulting from illness or congenital disorder)
More To Explore
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School Uniform
A School Uniform helps in creating a certain identity with the school. Students wear their uniforms with great pride. The Uniform is simple but smart and distinctive.
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Aim High Progress Study Programme
The aim of this programme is to keep students in ‘learning mode’ so that they continue to make progress without any summer learning loss.
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Communication with Parents
GEMS thus provides a variety of parent programmes aimed at enhancing the relationship between parents, children and the school.
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Directions and Location
Transport for The Winchester School, Jebel Ali is operated by School Transport Services (STS) LLC.
