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Supporting Pupils<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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GTCS – Additional Support Needs and the Professional Standards<\/a><\/p>\n

In the Professional Standards for Teachers 2021, there is specific recognition of Additional Support Needs. The document linked to above gives an overview of the places where Additional Support Needs are specifically mentioned.<\/p>\n

Reach website – to help young people understand their rights to extra support in school:<\/p>\n

Reach is Enquire\u2019s service for young people<\/a><\/p>\n

Enquire website: Children’s rights to extra support with their learning:<\/p>\n

My Rights, My Say<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/a>Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Education Scotland: Trauma support for children:<\/p>\n

The Compassionate and Connected Classroom: A health and wellbeing curricular resource for upper primary <\/a><\/p>\n

(Education Scotland’s resource intended for practitioners who are teaching at the upper primary stages but could also be useful for those who are teaching at mid primary stages or early secondary. )<\/span><\/p>\n

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NHS Health Scotland – short animated information guide to ACEs (4 minutes 16)<\/strong>
\nNHS Health Scotland – ACEs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

21 March 2018<\/strong>
\nRelationships and Resilience: Addressing childhood adversity to support children’s learning and wellbeing – conference materials<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NHS Health Scotland organised this conference with Education Scotland and the Scottish Government.<\/strong>
\nThis event was attended by strategic leads at local authority and senior managers at school level as well as public health and health improvement colleagues.<\/p>\n

You can use the above link to access presentation materials by a number of those involved including:<\/p>\n

Dr Linda de Caestecker, Director of Public Health, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Chair of the Scottish ACEs Hub<\/strong>
\nProfessor Sir Harry Burns, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Strathclyde<\/strong>
\nAlyson Francis, Director, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Support Hub, Cymru Well Wales<\/strong>
\nDarren McGarvey, Rapper, Social Commentator and Author of \u2018Poverty Safari\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Breakout Presentations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Renfrewshire Nurturing Relationships Approach: An educational approach to supporting adverse childhood experiences and building resilience –<\/strong> Amy Nolan, Sandra Menary, Ciara Briggs (Educational Psychologists) and Claire McLaren (Our Lady of Peace Primary School)
\nTowards the Nurturing City: education as a vehicle for tackling poverty, addressing ACEs and building resilience –<\/strong> Alison Crawford, Principle Educational Psychologist, Maura Kearney, Deputy Principle Psychologist and Nancy Cluny, Head Teacher
\nBuilding resilience in the school environment –<\/strong> Jen Myddleton, Development Officer, Health and Wellbeing, Edinburgh City Council and Dr Adam Burley, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, NHS Lothian
\nLinks between speech and language, attachment, literacy and reducing the impact of ACEs –<\/strong> James McTaggart, Educational Psychologist and Rebecca Castelo, Speech and Language Therapist, Highland Council
\nThe Dundee Approach to addressing ACEs<\/strong> – Sarah Anderson, Education Support Officer for Health and Wellbeing at Dundee City Council and Dr Tamasin Knight, Consultant in public health, NHS Tayside
\n\u2018Flipping the thinking\u2019 on poverty and its impact on children\u2019s outcomes<\/strong> – Dr Morag Treanor, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Stirling<\/p>\n

Dr Suzanne Zeedyk’s Connected Baby resource<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Suzanne Zeedyk<\/strong> is a developmental psychologist fascinated by babies\u2019 inborn capacity to connect. She was, for 20 years, a research scientist based at the University of Dundee. In 2011 she founded an independent training enterprise, which allowed her to work more closely with the public, helping them to understand the discoveries science is making about the importance of relationships in all our lives.<\/p>\n

Dr Nadine Burke Harris TEDMEDTalk<\/a>
\n(15 minutes)
\nChildhood trauma isn\u2019t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime, to the point where those who\u2019ve experienced high levels of trauma are at triple the risk for heart disease and lung cancer. An impassioned plea for pediatric medicine to confront the prevention and treatment of trauma, head-on.<\/p>\n

Pupil Inclusion Network Scotland<\/a>
\nThe above link is to resources made available by PINS including information on GIRFEC, child poverty and child protection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Dyslexia Unwrapped<\/strong>, the online hub for young people with dyslexia
\nDyslexia Unwrapped<\/a><\/p>\n

Three linked courses written by the Addressing Dyslexia Toolkit and Dyslexia Scotland with the support of the Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Project. All three courses use the General Teaching Council Scotland\u2019s focus areas identified to support professional learning.
\nshort Dyslexia courses<\/a><\/p>\n

National Autism Implementation Team: Supporting Autistic Learners Returning to School: https:\/\/www.thirdspace.scot\/nait\/covid-19-return-to-school\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Transitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Q&A published by the GTCS about research into pupils with learning differences transitioning from secondary to tertiary education. However, some of the information is highly relevant to secondary school experience too. (Jasmine Miller and Sarah Strachan)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.gtcs.org.uk\/News\/news\/a-difficult-transition-your-questions-answered.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

The Principles of Good Transitions 3 provides a framework to inform, structure and encourage the continual improvement of support for young people with additional needs between the ages of 14 and 25 who are making the transition to young adult life.
\nPrinciples of Good Transition<\/a><\/p>\n

The Salvesen Mindroom Centre – guide to learning difficulties<\/a>
\nIt takes all kinds of minds<\/em>, provides an insight into a number of learning difficulties, including ADHD, autism, dyslexia and Tourette syndrome. The guide helps teachers to identify these learning difficulties and includes practical advice on how to provide support in different contexts.<\/p>\n

The Salvesen Mindroom Centre<\/a> delivered by The University of Edinburgh<\/a> in partnership with The James Lind Alliance<\/a> has published a report presenting the findings from their project, Research Priorities for Learning Difficulties.<\/p>\n

The report aims to provide funders, researchers and scientists with ten research questions to explore with regards to learning difficulties. These questions were identified and prioritised by children and young people with learning difficulties in Scotland, their parents and carers and the professionals working alongside them.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.jla.nihr.ac.uk\/priority-setting-partnerships\/learning-difficulties-scotland\/downloads\/Learning-Difficulties-Scotland-PSP-Final-Report.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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CALL Scotland<\/strong>
\nCommunication, Access, Literacy and Learning
\nCALL Scotland – posters and leaflets<\/a>
\nFor example: Addressing Reading Difficulties: A practical guide
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\nAvailable here:<\/p>\n

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addressing-reading-difficulties.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Pupil Inclusion Network Scotland<\/a>
\nThe above link is to resources made available by PINS including information on GIRFEC, child poverty and child protection.<\/p>\n

Education Scotland – Additional support for learning<\/a><\/p>\n

Autism Toolbox<\/a>
\nThe Autism Toolbox website is brought to you by the Scottish Government in partnership with the national charity, Scottish Autism with support from Autism Network Scotland.<\/p>\n

Addressing Dyslexia Toolkit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Free resources to support literacy difficulties <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/td>\n\"externalReading<\/a> and Writing<\/a> circles support teachers\u2019 gain an understanding of how the literacy skills have developed for the child or young person who they are working with. The circles can be used in primary and secondary sectors and may be beneficial EAL and adults. The circles provide:<\/p>\n
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  • Descriptions of the key areas involved in the acquisition of reading and writing skills.<\/li>\n
  • A tool to identify areas of difficulty.<\/li>\n
  • Approaches and strategies for each key area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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