Additional Support Needs Resources

SSC and other publications

• The FIESTA Best Practice Report (2014) by Professor John M Davis and Professor John Ravenscroft licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
• Education of children and young people with sensory impairment in Scotland (2012) Research Report
• People First & Alliance Scotland's 'Easy Read' documents
  • GIRFEC Child's Plan: Easy-read Guide (Word Document)
  • GIRFEC Child's Plan: Easy Read guide for children and young people (Word Document)
  • GIRFEC Lead Professional: Easy-Read Guide (Word Document)
  • GIRFEC Lead Professional: Easy Read for children and young people (Word Document)
  • GIRFEC Wellbeing Easy Read Guide (pdf)

SSC Course Notes and articles

• SQA Special Assessment Arrangements for Sensory Impaired pupils, Patricia McDonald, SQA June 2013
• Curriculum for Excellence, Linda Rae, Education Scotland May 2013
• Qualifications update, Annette McKenna, SQA May 2013
• Wider Achievement Awards, Rhona Bain, SQA May 2013
• Celebrating the new Curriculum, Irene Scullion, February 2011
• Types of camcorders, April 2009
• Using MovieMaker, April 2009
• Additional support - Preschool community teams, presented in 2004
• Characteristics of the Adapted Sign Vocabulary, presented in 2004
• A Child-centred curriculum (Meeting the Communication Needs of Deaf and VI Children with Complex Needs), presented in 2004
• From policy to practice (Improving Access), presented in 2004
• Multi-Agency Planning and Practice, presented in 2004
• Preschool Community Teams Project, presented in 2004
• Promoting Inclusion: Partnerships, presented in 2004
• (The) Role of the Visiting Teacher, Visual Impairment, presented in 2004
• Adapting assessment for visually impaired pupils, presented in 2003
• Self-Evaluation by Peripatetic Sensory Services; Quality Assurance in Education Authority, SEED (2001)
• Asian Deaf children and young people and their families, presented in 2000
• Comparing Software for Electronic Notetaking Training, SSC newsletter 2007
• Equality of Access for Pupils from Minority Ethnic Communities, presented in 2000
• Inclusion, Disability, Racism & SEN, presented in 2000
• Inclusion classes in USA, Austria and Italy, (2001) by Marianna Buultjens
• (The) Social Inclusion of Black/Minority Ethnic Children with SEN, presented in 2000
• Ten years on: the Scottish Sensory Centre (2001)
• Working with black/minority ethnic families of children with SEN: areas of concern, presented in 2000