Resources for Families
Our Centre Mangers, Early Year Practitioners and Family Support Workers are creating and signposting helpful resources for families to use at home.
We are also continuously sharing resources directly with families and via our Facebook page, Facebook Parent Support Group and YouTube Channel.
Please see here for our Guidance for working online with children.
The following videos and documents have been designed by the Dingley’s Promise team:
Our Written Resources
- Calm Box Example
- Steps to Eating Strategies – Supporting children with sensory needs at mealtimes
- Storytelling Tips – How to engage your child with story time
- Oral Health Leaflet – Supporting your child’s oral hygiene
- Covid-19 Social Story – How to sensitively explain the situation to young children
- First & Then – Visual strategy to encourage children to follow instructions
- Toilet Training – Advice and strategies
- Tantrum v Meltdown – How to notice the difference
- Water Station – How to create one at home and the benefits of doing so
- Sleep Advice – Sensory strategies that may help your child get a good night’s sleep
- Attention Autism Model – Ways to implement the model at home
- Motor Skills – Activity ideas to try
Resources from external organisations
A list of resources and advice from fellow organisations, curated by Dingley’s Promise staff:
- West Berkshire’s Local Offer for children with SEND
- Reading’s Local Offer for children with SEND
- Wokingham’s Local Offer for children with SEND
- Brighter Futures for Children – SEND Local Offer Newsletter
- Twinkl – Twinkl produce teaching and educational materials – some of which can currently be downloaded for free
- TTS Group – Early Years Home Learning Collection
- Brighter Futures for Children – Treasure Baskets
- Brighter Futures for Children – Technology and screen time
- Brighter Futures for Children – Building a Den
- Hello, Wonderful – Sensory Play Recipes – Facebook post link
- Gina Davies – Attention Autism Strategies – see facebook video link
- Neil Griffiths – Storytelling tips and techniques – see You Tube video link
- Council for Disabled Children – Links to multiple resources for organisations, services, and families supporting disabled children
- Makaton Charity – Access resources, workshops and more
- Intensive Interaction – Supporting children with SEND to develop the fundamentals of communication
- Reading Advice Network
