These Information sheets are downloaded from the Kent STLS Physical Disability Team's website. The Kent STLS Physical Disability Team offer a range of helpful advice and training opportunities. Click to view their website.
→ Acquired Brain Injury Information for schools and parents around the educational challenges for learners with an acquired brain injury
→ Allergies Information to support schools and early years settings welcoming children with allergies
→ Asthma Information for Early Years setting welcoming children with severe asthma into their settings.
→Claiming DLA Advice for parents claiming Disability Living Allowance for the first time; completing forms, benefits calculator, FAQs
→ Cystic Fibrosis Information for teachers to inform planning for a learner with Cystic Fibrosis, meetings challenges and resources for inclusion
→ Diabetes Useful information about supporting CYP with diabetes in school or nursery - accompanies Early Years training on Care Plans and Risk Assessments
→ Dyspraxia and PE in KS2 Ideas for the inclusion of students with coordination disorder, in PE lessons.
→ Epilepsy Information for Early Years Settings and schools welcoming children and young people with epilepsy into their setting
→Executive Functioning skills allow us to take on new knowledge and skills and then apply them to new situations. In atypical neurodevelopment, there will be an impact on how the student learns and processes information and skills
→ Gastrostomy Information and advice for early years settings supporting children with gastrostomy feeding
→ Hemiplegia Introduction to Hemiplegia and how it may impact at different ages in children and young people.
→ Hypermobility Information to help understand hypermobility and some of the implications for learners in school
→ Includes Us 2Listening, Supporting, and Empowering disabled children and their families in the Ashford, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe Districts. Other useful links for families living in other parts of Kent
→ Inclusive PE for students with PD Introduction to planning for the inclusion of all students with a physical disability or complex medical needs. Suitable for all ages.
→ Managing Fatigue Practical strategies to help schools understand and effectively include learners with extreme fatigue due to a medical condition
→ Moving On to Secondary School A workbook for students with a physical disability or complex medical needs to help them prepare to move on to their secondary school
→ Moving On Workbook Guidance Guidance to help you complete the Moving On workbook for young people with a physical disability or complex medical needs preparing for secondary school transition
→ Multisensory Learning Introduction to multisensory learning and ideas to support learners, through all Key Stages, who particularly benefit from this approach
→ Sensory Circuits Sensory Circuits are often recommended for children with poor coordination, balance and self-regulation difficulties.
→ Therapy Support in Kent The POD is your main link for finding community therapy services and advice for children and young people in Kent
→ VACTERL Association This is a condition that is described as an association because it affects at least three out of the seven areas which are described in the acronym: vertebral, anal, cardio, traceo, oesophageal, renal, limb
→ Wheelchairs in Schools and EY Settings Important information for schools and EY settings on risk assessing and supporting children and young people using wheelchairs on a daily basis
Physical Disability
