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The following information is designed to help you understand the difficulties which may arise following an acquired brain injury (ABI) in children. It will be useful to share this with the teachers and other school staff who will be supporting a child or young person on their return to school after...

We aim to give all young people with a Rheumatological diagnosis a school pack which can be given to school to explain about your child’s diagnosis and what strategies maybe helpful to support them at school. If you have not received one, please ask one of our team who can arrange this for you....

What is the responsibility of the school? This information has been written for teachers and school. It has been compiled with advice from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and the government’s fire risk means of escape for disabled people. Under current fire safety legislation, those who have...

Narcolepsy is a chronic condition that effects the sleep-wake cycles. Sleep is crucial for physical, emotional wellbeing and cognitive functioning, so narcolepsy impacts many parts of a persons life. Narcolepsy significantly impacts on the quality of night-time sleep leading to excessive daytime...

Most children are able to return to school after surgery and this is something we encourage to stop them from missing too much school time and minimise disruption to your child’s education. To make sure your child has a smooth return to school we would advise you to speak to your child’s ‘form...

What is chronic fatigue syndrome? Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is also known as ME (Myalgic Encepha-lomyelitis). You may have seen it written as CFS/ME. It is a chronic health condition, which cannot be helped by rest. How common is it? Around 50 to 100 in 100,000 children will have chronic...

Starting primary school The transition into primary school needs to be planned and well managed. The school should arrange a meeting with the child’s parents and carers and any other professionals before the child starts school. This gives everybody the opportunity to get to know each other,...

Starting secondary school The transition from primary into secondary school needs to be planned and well managed. It is advisable to arrange a meeting, well in advance of the pupil changing school so that the key people involved in the pupil’s education can meet their and parents and carers, and...

Form for parents and teachers to score a child on ADHD tendencies.

You are probably reading this resource because you have a child with diabetes at your school or in your class. This resource offers a guide to Type 1 diabetes and how to manage it in school. Most children with diabetes have Type 1 diabetes which is managed by taking insulin, following a healthy,...