Behaviour Support Resources

The Behaviour Support service publish links to view resources and documents to help you support children and young people at many stages of their lives. Please check back as new resources may often be published.

ADHD

• ADHD Foundation - The Neurodiversity Charity
• He's Extraordinary - ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria

Anxiety

• Autism Toolbox - Anxiety
• Great Minds Together - Coping with Anxiety Workbook

Attachment

• ARC - Attachment and Trauma Aware Approaches in Education

Autism

• Derbyshire Local Offer - Autism Outreach Resources

Bereavement

• Child Bereavement UK - Supporting a bereaved autistic child
• Winston's Wish - Activities for bereaved children and young people
• Autism.org.uk - Bereavement - A guide for parents and carers

Communication

• Autism.org.uk - Communication
• Autism Toolbox - Communication

Emotional Health and Wellbeing

• Derby and Derbyshire Emotional Health and Wellbeing
• Joined Up Care Derbyshire - Derby and Derbyshire Mental Health Pathway Guidance
• Anna Freud - School and college resources
• BoingBoing.org - Schools Mental Health Guide
• Hub of Hope - Mental Health Support Network
• Kooth - Free, Safe, Anonymous Support
• Young Minds - Resources

Emotional Literacy

• BBC Bitesize - Feelings and Emotions
• Emotion Coaching - What is emotion coaching?

Emotional Regulation

• Ambitions About Autism - How to self-regulate in difficult times
• Pepperdine Online - How to improve emotional self-regulation among children with Autism and Attention Disorders
• YouTube - Why Interoception is the Key to Emotional Regulation
• WeAreTeachers.com - 54 Educational brain breaks your students will love
• Reframing Autism - Emotional Regulation, Part One: What is it and why is it so hard?
• Reframing Autism - Emotional Regulation, Part Two: Using Co-regulation to Teach Emotional Regulation
• Youtube - Why do we lose control of our emotions?
• The OT Toolbox - Brain Breaks and Movement Breaks Kids Love
• He's Extraordinary  - Self-Regulation Strategies
• Young Minds - Stress Bucket Activity
• Glow Scotland - Emotional Regulation Activities for Children and Young People

Exclusions

• Derbyshire.gov.uk - Exclusions

Graduated Response

• Derbyshire.gov.uk - Derbyshire Graduated Response May 2022
• Derbyshire.gov.uk - Early Years Graduated Response April 2023

Growth Mindset

• Youtube - Growth Mindset - Ideas by ClassDojo
• Great Minds Together - Growth Mindset Workbook

Neurodiversity

• Neurodiversity Celebration Week
• He's Extraordinary - Raising an Extraordinary Person - Autism and ADHD Resources for Parents

Neuroscience - Understanding the Brain

• British Neuroscience Association - Teaching and Learning in Neuroscience
• Kindred Squared - SEEN Programme
• Youtube - Dr. Dan Siegel's Hand Model of the Brain
• Youtube - The Hand Model of the Brain

Part-time Timetables

• Derbyshire.gov.uk - Part-time timetables

Resilience

• Boingboing - Resources for Schools
• Boingboing - The Resilient Classroom
• The Big Red Bus

Self-Esteem

• Middletown Autism - Enhancing Self-Esteem and Self-Identity in the Child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
• AutismADHDConnection - 10 ways you can help your child with autism and ADHD improve their self-esteem
• CAMHS - Low Self-Esteem
• The Big Red Bus

Sensory

• Derbyshire.gov.uk - Derbyshire County Council Sensory Processing Needs Toolkit v13
• East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust - Fizzy Leaflets
• Sensory Processing Explained - Accessible and Understandable Sensory Resources for Parents and Educators

Staff Wellbeing

• Action for Happiness - Happier Kinder Together
• Education Support - Supporting Teachers and Education Staff

Trauma

• ChildMind - How Trauma Affects Kids in School

Transition

• Autism Education Trust - Supporting learners with Autism during transition
• Autism.org.uk - Transitions
• Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust - How to make your child's secondary school timetable accessible
• BBC Bitesize - Transition

Understanding Behaviour

• Autism.org.uk - Behaviour
• BeyondAutism - Autism and Understanding Behaviour
• Beacon School Support - Behaviour Support for Schools, Teachers and Families
• GOV.UK - Behaviour in Schools

General Resources

• Social Workers Toolbox - Free social work resources and tools for direct work with children and adults
• CAMHS Resources
• National Archives - Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL)
• Great Minds Together - Resources and Downloads