We have been hard at work creating areas on the Learning Platform with the Integrated Disability Service, allowing Warwickshire school staff, pupils and parents to access resources, documents, videos, news and updates as well as add to discussion boards.
The Integrated Disability Service is a partnership, bringing together Warwickshire County Council, the NHS and Connexions. One contact opens the door to a range of services to support children and young people with additional needs and their families at home, school and in other settings.
We have developed areas for the Hearing and Deafness team, Visual Impairment, Physical Disability, Complex Needs, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Transitions and Young Carers. Each area has specific staff who have been trained up on how to update their pages and content.
The Visual Impairment team have information about equipment, top tips and lots of resources including links to programmes to assist users who are visually impaired.
Moving into Adulthood have developed interactive activities which have been embedded in the site to teach pupils the meaning of transition.
The Autism area has lots of resources such as the ASD Toolkit DVD and videos of teachers talking about their experiences.
The Young Carers secure membership area includes news, events and photographs of events, we will be inviting carers to blog about their experiences in the form of a diary to share their experiences with others who may be in similar situations.
The site has recently been opened up and we are excited about using these pages to assist teachers, pupils and parents find resources and information.
Visit the Interest Space here http://bit.ly/WCCIDS (We-Learn log on is required)
