Early Years Inclusion Set in a Bag

Each resource in this set supports inclusion and provides great thoughts and ideas to help adults work with all children to ensure they are offered the same chances and experiences as others.

The set includes:

• Creating Sensory Play at little or no cost
• Learn about sensory integration and how to use sensory play to stimulate or calm children
• It’s not all about talking, Let’s Communicate
• Designed to help you to identify the best ways to communicate effectively
• Let’s make more smiles – Encouraging Positive Behaviour
• Simple tools, activities and suggestions that will make a difference to how you respond to behaviour, and how children and young people respond to you
• Let’s Think Behaviour Poster
• A3 poster supporting positive behaviour
• Let’s Think Sensory Overload Poster
• A3 poster reminding us to think beyond a child’s behaviour and consider what may be the underlying messages
• Let’s Think Inclusion Poster
• A3 poster detailing how you can take a person centred approach to inclusion in your setting
• Our Kind Bodies Poster
• A3 poster supporting positive body actions and behaviour
• Zak Makes New Friends!
• Zak the Zebra happens to have autism. This book helps explain his condition.
• Percy Looks for Treasure!
• Percy the Parrot happens to have ADHD. This story book helps explain his condition.
• A Dragon Comes to Visit
• Desmond the dragon happens to have Dyspraxia. This book helps explain his condition.
• Island Animals Teaching Resource and Templates
• Downloadable resource with over 200 ideas for activities to accompany the story books

All books written by Wendy Usher

Wendy Usher is the founder of The Play Doctors and uses over 30 years experience both as a parent and professional to write practical, hands on, award winning books to provide ideas and suggestions to support children and young people who happen to have additional needs. She says: ‘I don’t want to give people theory, I want to respond to real life and take a look at what works well and why. What does not work so well and why, and what can I do about it. All of the books I write are based on real life and I use combination of anecdotes and stories to bring the learning to life’

‘I love Wendy’s books – they are so real and relevant to life at home and also life in the classroom. I use the ideas all the time and have shared my copies with other parents’ Cathy – Newcastle (parent of son on the autism spectrum and teacher).

‘I am a primary school teacher and had little experience of working with autism. Hey, children on the autism spectrum play too! really helped me understand and change the way I worked. I now think about how I am responding to the child and adapt the way I present work to respond to his learning style. I have a far more peaceful classroom.’ Jenny – teacher, Milton Keynes