Information For Teachers

From time to time we run a series of training sessions for teachers and teaching assistants, please see our "Training" page for details on those sessions.

Additionally we also run TA forums and Inset Training sessions, for further details on those, see below.

Inset Training

We are pleased to offer the following training as INSET training for schools, pre-schools or nurseries. Although our training makes special reference to children with Down’s syndrome many of the difficulties covered will be common to other children with special educational needs. Training is delivered on site during the school day or as a twilight session. Electronic hand-outs/resources will be provided. Some of the sessions we can provide are:

• Working Memory
• Supporting Positive Behavious
• Language for Thinking
• Language and Communication
• Co-ordination Difficulties
• Curriculum Access and Differentiation
• Colourful Semantics
• Growing, Changing and Keeping Safe
• An Introduction to Signing
• An Introduction to Numicon

​For more details, click here or email training@downrightspecial.co.uk

Useful Apps

We often get asked about which Apps we recommend for children with Down syndrome, click here for a short list of the ones we use most regularly and are worth paying for. Most of the Apps listed are available on iOS and Android. Don’t forget to let us know if you come across anything new that you would recommend!