7th July 2021 Hope this blog finds everybody well. This academic year seems to have flown by! The Vision Support Team have been working hard supporting children and young people with vision impairment through their transitions from those going into nurseries, reception class to those starting secondary school and FE college. This is often an […]
By Emma Basudev. The last few weeks have been busy, since the emerging lock-down restrictions easing, it feels as though this summer term is one of change. Things are beginning to feel on a trajectory where ‘business as normal’ is resuming, although perhaps things might always be a little different. Part of this adaptation […]
By Gail Conway. It’s Deaf Awareness Week (3rd – 9th May 2021). #DeafAwarenessWeek2021 #StrongerTogether Did you know there are 11 million Deaf people in the UK? This equates to 1 in every 5 people having some sort of hearing loss. It is known as an invisible disability and in children with a hearing loss it […]
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By Wendy Peel The Communication and Autism Team have contributed to recent and upcoming research projects with the Autism Centre for Education and Research (ACER) at the University of Birmingham. An ongoing campaign to highlight the research studies, called Unfiltered Lives, was released on 4th March 2021. This campaign includes three poignant short films which […]
By Kerry McKee. The Hearing Support Team (HST) have been producing newsletters since 2015. This is the first time we have shared it online, so we thought it was time for a refreshed and simplified look. We hope you like it. We thank our colleagues from the Physical Difficulties Service for their inspiration! The Spring […]
By Emma Basudev. With our focus around returning back to some semblance of ‘normality’ after this past year, the return to school is a time of excitement for young people and re-establishing face to face contact with their friends and school peers. However, it can also be a time of uncertainty and anxiety; not knowing […]
The e-learning resource was co-designed with teachers, educational psychologists, parents of children born preterm, and young adults who were born preterm themselves and comprises evidence-based information about what preterm birth is, how it may affect children’s development and learning, and what can be done to support them in the classroom. The e-learning resource can […]
FREE online event – Week Commencing 1st March 2021 Dedicated to children and young adults with disabilities and additional needs, their parents, carers, and the professionals who support them right across the UK and much further afield. This free virtual event will take place during week commencing 1st March 2021. The online platform offers visitors […]
The Disability Unit at the Cabinet Office is developing a National Strategy for Disabled People. Publication is planned for Spring 2021. To help the government with understanding the barriers that disabled people face and what it may need to focus upon to improve the lives of disabled people, they need to hear about your views […]
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PDSS is the Physical Difficulties Support Service in Birmingham. We would like to let you know that during lockdown CRICKSOFT has made Clicker 8 (Primary) and DocsPlus (Secondary) freely available to any pupils affected by school closures to support remote learning. To access this software please follow the following link -http:://www.cricksoft.com/uk/clicker/COVID-support