Local offer and Local Services
Barnsley Special Education Need and Disability Local offer – Link to Barnsley local offer
School transition guidance for children and young people with SEND – information to support transitions throughout school e.g. from nursery to primary, primary to secondary and to adult services
Open up Barnsley Directory– a guide to emotional health and wellbeing services for all Barnsley children and young people. The site also shows an interactive map. Watch the YouTube video for how to use.
Barnsley’s Virtual Family Hub – A local website which provides lots of information to support families and advice for being a parent. You can access their range of helpful parenting programmes here too. They have advice, videos and resources about their early language pathway Early Language Pathway
They also have SENDsory explorers and little talkers groups running in the family hubs, details are on their Facebook page here: Facebook.com/BarnsleyFamilyHubs
Chilypep – The Children and Young People’s Empowerment Project
WorkWell – Support for people 16+ years with a health condition or disability to find and stay in work
Social communication and Interaction Team training page – a list of current training courses and dates and access to book
Early language, play and parenting
Dadpaduk app – aimed at Dads and Dads to be – now available for the people of Barnsley – an essential guide for Dads, developed with the NHS
BBC Tiny happy people activities, videos and information for 0-5 year olds
Hungry little minds – videos and ideas for parents of young children age 0-5 years. Good app ideas too
Small talk – the literacy trust – Ideas for games and crafts, books to share together to encourage communication
Start for life – Early learning and development information
Speech
Twinkl – Extra resources for language and speech activities for families and schools
Home speech home – ideas for practising speech and language at home
Chatterpack – links to free online speech and language resources to work on a range of different speech and language skills
Caroline Bowen website – A useful website with resources for speech sound work. Lot of different pictures for minimal pair listening
Language
Twinkl – Extra resources for language and speech activities for families and schools
Home speech home – ideas for practising speech and language at home
Chatterpack – links to free online speech and language resources to work on a range of different speech and language skills
Sheffield university vocabulary learning – supporting teenagers with developing vocabulary, strategies and ideas
Ican talking point – resources and advice for supporting children in who are early years and primary aged. Hints and tips to support play and communication
Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives – lots of advice and resources for parents or children aged 0-19
Developmental Language Disorder
Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives
English as additional language (EAL)
We Speak Multi – Information for families who would like to know more about raising a multilingual family. There are also activities and an action plan to help parents and carers think about how they will use their languages
South Tees NHS Youtube – a playlist of advice to support speech and language development in different languages. Includes Romanian, Punjabi, Polish and more
Stammering
I don’t need to be fixed – A video from people who stammer explaining what they wish people knew about stammering, produced by Airedale NHS foundation Trust
Stamma – information and support for people who stammer, parents, families and professionals
Pre school children who stammer – videos for parents – should I be worried? Is it my fault? Videos made by Stamma
Michael Palin Centre – website full of resources and information for children, young adults, people who stammer, parents, teachers and professionals
Action for stammering – Helpful advice for parents, teachers and young people who stammer
Your voice – Stories from people who stammer about job hunting, dating, university and more. Helpful for young people and young adults
Stambassadors – From action for stammering. Stambassadors connects people from the world of work who stammer with young people who stammer, sharing stories and inspiring young people to think big when they are considering their career choices. Has videos from people talking about their jobs, their career and their stammer Helpful for young people and young adults
Tips for teachers – A video from Abed Ahmed, a maths teacher offering advice for supporting young people who stammer at school
Autism
Barnsley Local Offer website – exploring support services while waiting for autism assessment
Linx project – supporting families with children on the ASD pathway under the age of 11 (local service)
Middletown autism website – resources for teenagers with a diagnosis of autism
Middletown videos on visuals – great videos explaining different visual strategies to support students with Autism
Intensive interaction – website with videos on the approach widely recommended to support children with the fundamentals of communication. The building blocks needed to help communication
Attention Autism – youtube channel. Currently sharing videos on how to try at home
Autism at home – a helpful booklet talking about challenges children with Autism may have and tips to help at home. From Nottinghamshire
Autism central – A new national autism website which offers a wealth of resources for parents, carers and personal assistants of autistic people in England
National autistic society – A UK organisation which provides information, training and resources for anyone who wants to know more about autism or advice on how to access support.
Hearing impairment
https://www.ndcs.org.uk/ – A link to the National Deaf children’s society with lots of useful ideas
Learning Disability
Middletown videos on visuals – great videos explaining different visual strategies to support students with Autism. These resources are also helpful for children who benefit from visual approaches to communication and learning
Intensive interaction – website with videos on the approach widely recommended to support children with the fundamentals of communication. The building blocks needed to help communication
Attention Autism – youtube channel. Currently sharing videos on how to try at home can be helpful for children who do not have a diagnosis of autism but problems with learning and attention
Talbot special school – this school has some key Makaton signs to support children’s communication
Stories with symbols – a fantastic website with videos of popular books showing symbols alongside – a great way to support children learning symbols to support understanding and communication
Down Syndrome Association free on demand training – to be accessed anytime on their youtube channel
AAC – alternative and augmentative communication – ways of communicating alongside talking
Communication matters – UK wide organisation supporting people of all ages. Useful information and resources for parents and professionals
Call Scotland – Guides on communication passports, using AAC devices, switches and more
Singing hands and singing hands youtube – Great resource for Makaton signing. Songs and signed stories
Barnsley Assistive Technology Team – a resource page with ‘how to’ videos and advice sheets’ for people using communication means other than speech. The team covers Yorkshire and the Humber.
Assistive aware – this site has some great videos of how to use communication boards in different activities
Smartbox Academy – free online and on demand training courses to support CPD or learn basics
Situational / Selective Mutism
SMIRA – the selective mutism resource association – information and resources for families, professionals, teens and adults
Kent Community Healthcare NHS trust – a website with resources and online videos for training
Confident children – a website with resources for schools, families and young people
Professionals
Speech Language UK – Resources for professionals on speech, language and communication – for CPD
Speech Language UK – longer courses accessible for parents and professionals
Sheffield University Teen Talk – online learning resource for professionals and trainees supporting teenager and young adults with language disorders
About stammering – free e learning course for professionals – you need to register for the training with your email
Adult community speech and language therapy
Children’s speech therapy provides support up to the age of 18. Click on this link for information about support from the adult service Adult community speech and language therapy