The BELS Mindful Moments Toolkit provides simple, practical ways to integrate short mindfulness practices into daily routines for children, young people, and adults.

The aim of the Content Kit is to highlight some of the most useful early skills and knowledge needed for literacy. It is aimed at those people supporting pupils who are struggling to learn to read and write, in Key Stage 2 and above.

Here are some practical tips and strategies to help you support learners with special educational needs. 

This toolkit pulls together 10 teaching strategies for each primary area of need within the SEND Code of Practice as well as 10 Quality First Teaching strategies to support Early Years and strategies for developing an inclusive classroom.

SLCN refers to differences with understanding or using spoken language. These needs can affect how a child communicates, learns, and builds relationships. Some children may have a diagnosed condition (e.g. Developmental Language Disorder), while others may have delayed or different language development.

A by-product of being an Autistic in a world that isn’t designed for Autistic people

A by-product of being an Autistic in a world that isn’t designed for Autistic people

Why we should teach Autistic learners to say “no” instead of pushing for compliance

Dean Beadle speaks about the joy that many Autistic people experience

It’s not laziness!

We must allow Autistic young people to define their own friendships rather than push our own ideas of friendship onto them.

Thinking about why the Autistic child was overwhelmed or distressed in the first place rather than focusing on what they have “done”

Demands, and why Autistic learners struggle to respond to them

The mobile phone analogy: energy accounting in Autistic children

All about glimmers and triggers, and how you understanding these can create a supportive environment.

Autistic Sensory Differences: Why they are so important, and how they will affect your Autistic student’s thinking, socialising and moving.

Stimming; why it happens, why it is so important, and how to support autistic pupils in embracing this vital part of their self-regulation and joy

Supporting early years and primary school children with speech, language, and communication needs

Supporting neurodivergent children in mainstream primary schools at the whole-school level.