Information and advice which is readily available to teenagers to help them overcome or prevent teen issues (primarily in the media) doesn’t cater for teenagers who view the world in a wholly different way – making such information and guidance incomprehensible.

Which is why SEN Press has produced the Teen Issue Value Pack, suitable for students aged between 14 and 19 with autism or other special educational needs and a reading age of around seven.

The Teen Issues Value Pack consists of:

Six story books, each exploring a different teen issue, with relevance to the ASDAN award programmes ‘Transition Challenge’ and ‘Towards Independence’. Titles (and topics) include, “Emma and Laura” (girls’ personal hygiene), “Going to the Pub” (responsible attitudes to alcohol), “Jake is Gay” (dealing with being gay), “Matt Gets Wise” (boys’ personal hygiene), “The Tattoo” (making responsible decisions), and “Speaking in Public” (self-confidence).

A CD-ROM providing electronic versions of the above titles, making it ideal for interactive whiteboard presentations and for students who would also benefit from listening to the text. It is also possible to edit and save the text to make your own story, create differentiated texts and personalise the text with your students’ names to enhance engagement.

An extensive range of activity worksheets and interactive activities that encourage reading comprehension. Activities include, Missing Words, True or False, Multiple Choice, Words & Pictures, Picture Search, Keyword Flashcards, Wordsearch, Spot the Difference and How Well Did You Read?.

Supporting resources for teachers including page-by-page notes for all the stories and assessment resources (feedback sheets and student record sheets).

The complete set of resources containing two copies of each of the six readers, the complete teacher book, and the CD Rom is available for £139 plus VAT.  Individual elements from the pack are also available separately.

For further information, please click here.

Alternatively, please email info@senpress.co.uk or call 01582 833205.

Janie Nicholas

The notion of Special Needs Week is quite simple – to provide a focus and opportunity for anyone who wants it to find a way to let all your colleagues know just what you do and the issues you are facing.

And indeed, one option that we have heard from some schools is to take up a session on a CPD day to talk to colleagues about your work – and, if you wish, to use some of the statistics and data that are on the Special Needs Week site.

And from what we hear, it seems that the information on the site is being used when discussing with senior management the resources that are needed to meet all the demands you are facing.

I have also been contacted by a number of SENCos particularly thanking us for the list and brief details of 60+ special needs, which they have found really helpful. There have also been some nice comments about the research, which can put into context the level of demand that you are facing.

Also on our website is our review of meeting and managing parental expectations as opposed to waiting for parents to take the initiative; the results can be particularly beneficial for everyone.

And we have just added some further research (this time not undertaken by us) into the level of work that is being experienced by special needs departments around the country.

I do hope you find something of value on the Special Needs Week site.  But if there is something that you have looked for which we have not covered, please do write and let us know.

We are keen to keep adding data to the Special Needs Week site in the coming weeks and months, so if you let us know what you are looking for, we’ll do our level best to find it and publish it on the site.

Special Needs Week is at www.specialneedsweek.co.uk

If you want us to look into any particular issue and publish information on it, please do drop me a line via:

• Email: HQ@Specialneedsweek.co.uk
• Post: Special Needs Week, Hamilton House, Earlstrees Ct., Earlstrees Rd., Corby, Northants NN17 4HH
• Fax: 01536 399 012
• Or you can phone 01536 509 822

Special Needs Week is kindly sponsored by Aspire GB, Clicker 7, The Dyscalculia Centre, Dysgraphia Help, Fisher-Marriott (StarSpell), Multi-Sensory Learning, ptuk, Robinswood Press, SEN Press, Turnabout Programme, and Type and Test.

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