Some Useful Sites For ALSN Tutor Resources
http://www.senteacher.org/
Go onto the Printables link to access good worksheets that can be adapted and printed out for groups.
The Links page leads to other useful sites such as Communication4all and Do2Learn
http://www.skillsworkshop.org/
Adult Basic Skills Resource Centre For Students & Tutors
http://www.symbolworld.org/
The cookery recipes and film reviews might be useful for ideas to adapt resources.
http://www.cdlponline.org/
Great for practising reading skills! The news items are clear and easy to read like the Livewire books. This is an American resource so tutors may need to be selective or adapt as some items are culture-specific.
http://www.batod.org.uk/index.php
The website of the British Association for Teachers of the Deaf includes some free literacy and numeracy resources. The resources are created for school use but could be adapted for adults.
- Select links – articles then literacy & numeracy
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/
This resource can be used selectively for making up web quests.
http://a4esl.org
For online crosswords.
www.brainsbreaker.com
Create jigsaw puzzles with a chosen image. Great for practicing mouse skills!
More ALSN Links For Tutors
The following links are for more in-depth research into education and guidance and for developing skills for working with ALSNs in Education.
Communication
http://www.afasicscotland.org.uk/Glossary.pdf
AFSAIC Scotland has produced a glossary sheet with explanations and information relating to speech and language
Auditory Processing Disorder UK
AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER UK
Information Sheets:-
http://www.infosheets.apduk.org/
Newsletter:
http://apd.apduk.org/newsletter.htm
Autism
Link to the Scottish Autism Network newsletter:-
http://www.scottishautismnetwork.org.uk/newsletter/index.html
Mindroom
For definitions and explanations of specific learning disabilities i.e. ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, DAMP, Autism, Tourette Syndrome
http://www.mindroom.org/learning-difficulties/adhd/
Hearing Impairment
Fingerspelling is easy to learn as it is learning a sign for each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. It is a system for communication for people with both hearing and visual impairment.
http://www.rnid.org.uk/information_resources/communicating_better/fingerspelling/fingerspelling_tool/#here
Deaf Connections run a Deaf Literacies project based in Glasgow. Referrals can be made from West Dunbartonshire if learners are willing to travel into Glasgow. They also provide information on community and social events occurring in the deaf community.
http://www.deafconnections.co.uk/main.php?pid=38
Vision
British Association of Behavioural Optometrists
http://www.babo.co.uk/visiondev.html
Optometrists Network
This is a resource designed for parents about vision impairment and contains explanations and advice e.g. vision therapy, binocular vision, depth vision
http://www.children-special-needs.org/index.html
http://www.gcal.ac.uk/news/pressoffice/releases/041105.html
Press release from Glasgow Caledonian University about Nadia Northway’s research into visual stress
Cerium Visual Technologies
Information about the Colorimeter, overlays, tints and visual stress
http://www.ceriumvistech.co.uk/index.html
Brain Injury
The Headway website has an information link which contains basic explanations of the workings of the brain, effects of trauma and rehabilitation:-
http://www.headway.org.uk
This website contains information about Brain injury in an American context.
http://www.traumaticbraininjury.com/
Research And ALSNS
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Reports, research and policy documentation relating to impact of social issues e.g. supported employment programmes, housing, benefits and support on people with learning and physical disabilities:-
http://www.jrf.org.uk/
The website lited below is compiled by an American educational psychologist and is a useful source of information for links and advice about how disability can impact on learning.
http://schoolpsychologistfiles.com/index.html
National Guidance Research Forum
Research, policy, links and reports on guidance issues.
http://www.guidance-research.org/
National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy
Research and policy on adult literacy and numeracy
http://www.nrdc.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=596
