The Council for Disabled Children Resources
The Council for Disabled Children have produced and made available useful factsheets, template letters, animations and good practice documents to support practitioners and children and young people with SEND and their parents. These resources are free to use and share and devised in light of the Children and Families Act 2014.
- What is an Education Health and Care Plan?
- What is an Annual Review?
- What is Person Centred Planning?
- Children and Families Act template letters
- Children and Families Act factsheets
Children’s Books
| Book Name | Author |
|---|---|
| Ultimate Visual Dictionary of Science | Dorling Kindersley |
| NumberQuest x 2 | Family Learning |
| Incredible Comparisons | Dorling Kindersley |
| Amazing Pop Up Body | Dorling Kindersley |
| Nature Encyclopedia | Dorling Kindersley |
| Science Encyclopedia | Dorling Kindersley |
| 101 Great Science Experiments | Dorling Kindersley |
| Family Atlas | Family Learning |
| Amazing Shapes | Lydia Sharman |
| Why? Do some people use wheelchairs? | Dorling Kindersley |
| Why? Do we laugh? | Dorling Kindersley |
| Why? Are all families different? | Dorling Kindersley |
| Why? Is Mummy’s tummy so big? | Dorling Kindersley |
| Why? Can’t I be happy all the time? | Dorling Kindersley |
| Nursery Crimes and Beastly Tales | Roald Dahl |
| Questions Children Ask & How to answer them | Dr Miriam Stoppard |
| English Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 7-8) Workbook 1 | Dorling Kindersley |
| English Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 7-8) Workbook 2 | Dorling Kindersley |
| English Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 7-8) Workbook 3 | Dorling Kindersley |
| English Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 8-9) Workbook 1 | Dorling Kindersley |
| English Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 8-9) Workbook 2 | Dorling Kindersley |
| English Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 8-9) Workbook 3 | Dorling Kindersley |
| English Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 9-10) Workbook 1 | Dorling Kindersley |
| English Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 9-10) Workbook 2 | Dorling Kindersley |
| English Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 9-10) Workbook 3 | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 7-8) Workbook 1 | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 7-8) Workbook 2 | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 7-8) Workbook 3 | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 8-9) Workbook 1 | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 8-9) Workbook 2 | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 8-9) Workbook 3 | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 9-10) Workbook 1 | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 9-10) Workbook 2 | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 9-10) Workbook 3 | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 10-11) Workbook 3 | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 7-11) Time Tables | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy (Key Stage 2 - Age 7-8) Workbook 1 | Dorling Kindersley |
| Maths Made Easy - The Essential Guide for 7-11 year olds | Dorling Kindersley |
| Student Atlas | Dorling Kindersley |
| Children of Britain - just like me | Dorling Kindersley |
| Celebration | Dorling Kindersley |
| Children - Just like me | Dorling Kindersley |
| Explorers - The Human Body | Dorling Kindersley |
| Explorers - Insects | Dorling Kindersley |
| Explorers - Night Sky | Dorling Kindersley |
| Explorers - Rocks and Minerals | Dorling Kindersley |
| Explorers - Seashore | Dorling Kindersley |
| Explorers - Weather | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 2 - Fire Fighters | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 2 -The Secret Life of Trees | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 2 - Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 2 - The Little Ballerina | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 2 - Animal Hospital | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 2 - Slinky Scaly Snakes | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 3 - SpaceBusters-Race to the Moon | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 3 - Shark Attack | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 3 - Beastly Tales | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 3 - Time Traveller | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 3 - Movie Magic - A Star is Born | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 3 - Invaders from Outer Space | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 3 - Titanic | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 3 - Plants Bite Back! | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 4 - Volcanoes & Natural Disasters | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 4 - Secrets of the Mummies | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 4 - Going for Gold | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 4 - Micro Monsters | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 4 - Horse Heroes | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 4 - Pirates - Raiders of the High Sea | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 4 - Trojan Horse | Dorling Kindersley |
| Eyewitness Readers - Level 4 - Days of the Knights | Dorling Kindersley |
| Things That Move | Usborne First Words |
| At Home | Usborne First Words |
| Animals | Usborne First Words |
| Rusty’s Train Ride | Usborne Farmyard Tales |
| The Old Steam Train | Usborne Farmyard Tales |
| Woolly Stops the Train | Usborne Farmyard Tales |
| Dolly and the Train | Usborne Farmyard Tales |
| Farmyard Tales Christmas | Usborne Farmyard Tales Flap Book |
| The New Baby | Usborne First Experiences |
| Going to the Doctor | Usborne First Experiences |
| Going to School | Usborne First Experiences |
| Playtime Activities | Usborne |
| Number Activities | Usborne |
| Growing Up | Usborne |
| The Illustrated Thesaurus | Usborne |
| What shall I do Today? | Usborne |
| Dot-to-Dot Dinosaurs | Usborne |
| Dot-to-Dot On the Farm | Usborne |
| Picture Word Lotto (age 2-6) | Usborne Games |
| My First Number Book | Usborne |
| My First Phonics Book | Usborne |
| 101 Nature Experiments | Dorling Kindersley |
Parent / Professional Guides
| Parent / Professional Guide Name | Author |
|---|---|
| Trouble Talking - A guide for Parents of Children with Speech & Language Difficulties | James Law & Jane Elias |
| Sleep Better! | V Mark Durand |
| The Dyslexia Handbook 2000 x 2 | Ian Smythe |
| The Dyslexia Handbook 2001 x 1 | Ian Smythe |
| The AD/HD Handbook - A Guide for Parents and Professionals | Alison Munden & Jon Arcelus |
| Positive Parenting - Raising Children with Self-Esteem | Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer |
| Toe-by-Toe - A highly structured multi-sensory Reading Manual for teachers and parents x 6 | Keda Cowling & Harry Cowling |
| Parenting the ADD Child - Can’t Do? Won’t Do? | David Pentecost |
| Sexuality - Your sons and daughters with intellectual disabilities | Karin Melberg & Dave Hingsburger |
| Listen to Me - Communicating the needs of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities | Pat Fitton |
| Marching to a Different Tune - Diary about an ADHD Boy | Jacky Fletcher |
| A Parent’s Guide to Down’s Syndrome | Siegfried M Pueschel |
| Making Music with the Young Child with Special Needs - A guide for Parents | Elaine Streeter |
| Helping Children with Dyspraxia | Maureen Boon |
| Dyslexia - How Would I Cope? | Michael Ryden |
| Asthma in Children | Peter van Asperen & Craig Mellis |
| The Self-Help Guide for Special Kids and their Parents | Joan Matthews & James Williams |
| Schools SEN Policy Pack | Durham County Council |
| Education of Children in Care | Durham County Council |
| Co-operative Kids | Hartley Brewer |
| Co-operative Kids - School Matters....so do parents! | Hartley Brewer |
| Making a Statement | Rathbones |
| Parent Aid Directory | Education Action Zone |