Autism and Social Communication

 April  2020

General Update from the Greater Manchester Autism Consortium

 Manchester museum have put some of their content online and they have some children’s worksheets and home education material on there.     https://www.mminquarantine.com/   

You may have to copy and paste this to get the link to work.

Look at the downloads section for the following helpful documents. They have a range of supportive ideas and activities:

•  National Autistic Society Tips
•  National Autistic Society Tips for Families
•  Keep Calm Kit
•  Fun Activities and Learning Resources
•  Parent and Carer Homeschool Kit

 March 2020

Link to the National Autistic Society’s page. It has lots of links to Social Stories and other useful resources.

https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/coronavirus/resources/helpful-resources.aspx

You can also download The National Autistic Socieities tips sheets from the download section below.

The Local Offer page have gathered a lot of useful information. You can access this using the link below:

https://www.trafforddirectory.co.uk/kb5/trafford/fsd/advice.page?id=6TzAFXlfQtI

Here are a couple of links to a social stories about pandemics and the Coronavirus:

https://carolgraysocialstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pandemics-and-the-Coronavirus.pdf

https://theautismeducator.ie/2020/03/11/corona-virus-social-story/

https://660919d3-b85b-43c3-a3ad-3de6a9d37099.filesusr.com/ugd/64c685_319c5acf38d34604b537ac9fae37fc80.pdf

Here is a link to a yoga training for teachers page. You need to sign up to access the free resources.

https://www.yoginisyoga.uk/copy-of-free-resources

Here is a link to the magazine entitled 'Autism Parenting'.

https://www.autismparentingmagazine.com/best-autism-apps/

Free sensory planning with multisensory activities and messy play can be found here: 

https://www.empoweringlittleminds.co.uk/resources-1

www.timestables.co.uk is a great way to practice timestables. You do not need a login and it does not have the time pressure that some pupils find tricky.

There are also some resources in the download section  to support working at home. Many of the activities found on the Speech and Language, SEMH and Motor Skills pages may be useful too.

Files to Download