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Short, plain English guides for parents and carers of primary aged children. Each one explains what a need is, how it can affect learning, and how extra tutoring can help. They are free to download, print and share.
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SEN support and EHCPs
How help for special educational needs works in school
Download PDF: SEN support and EHCPs (two pages, 64 KB)
Understanding ADHD
What it is, how it affects learning, and how extra tutoring can help
Download PDF: Understanding ADHD (two pages, 64 KB)
Understanding autism
What it is, how it affects learning, and how extra tutoring can help
Download PDF: Understanding autism (two pages, 64 KB)
Autism and ADHD together
Sometimes called AuDHD: what it means and how tutoring can help
Download PDF: Autism and ADHD together (two pages, 64 KB)
Understanding PDA
Pathological demand avoidance, a profile of autism
Download PDF: Understanding PDA (two pages, 64 KB)
Understanding dyslexia
What it is, how it affects learning, and how extra tutoring can help
Download PDF: Understanding dyslexia (two pages, 64 KB)
Understanding dyscalculia
A specific learning difficulty with number
Download PDF: Understanding dyscalculia (two pages, 64 KB)
Understanding dyspraxia
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD), and how tutoring can help
Download PDF: Understanding dyspraxia (two pages, 63 KB)
Speech and language needs
Including developmental language disorder (DLD), and how tutoring can help
Download PDF: Speech and language needs (two pages, 63 KB)
Learning difficulties
When learning takes longer across the board, and how tutoring can help
Download PDF: Learning difficulties (two pages, 64 KB)
Understanding sensory needs
When the world feels too loud, too much, or not enough
Download PDF: Understanding sensory needs (two pages, 64 KB)
Understanding anxiety
Worries, fears and how extra tutoring can help
Download PDF: Understanding anxiety (two pages, 72 KB)
Understanding school avoidance
Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA)
Download PDF: Understanding school avoidance (two pages, 64 KB)
Attachment and early trauma
When a difficult start affects learning, and how tutoring can help
Download PDF: Attachment and early trauma (two pages, 64 KB)
General information, not medical advice. These guides are written to help you understand and support your child. Please speak to your GP or your child’s school SENCo about your own child’s needs.