Additional resources

External resources related to learning disabilities provided by other organisations.

Activities and respite

• Inclusion Support (short breaks) Scheme – Oxfordshire County Council
• Let’s Play Project | Phone: 01295 810661
• Parasol Project | Phone: 01865 742816
• Thomley Activity Centre | Phone: 01844 338380
• Yellow Submarine | Phone: 01865 236119
• Young Carers | Phone: 01235 838554

Adoption

• Free adoption information downloads – Adoption UK Charity

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Guide to ADHD – Oxford Health CAMHS
• A parents’ guide to supporting children and young people with ADHD and autism – Oxford Health CAMHS

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

• ASD information pack (pdf) – Oxford Health NHS
• Autistic fatigue and burnout – Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
• Autism Education Trust | Phone: 0207 903 3650
• Autism Family Support Oxford | Phone: 01235 754 700
• Autism Oxford | Email: info@autismoxford.org.uk
• Carol Gray Social Stories
• Support with sleep, toileting, behaviour, pain – Cerebra Charity | Email: info@cerebra.org.uk | Phone: 0800 328 1159
• Educate Autism
• Guide to Autism in the early years – Institute of Health Visiting
• National Autistic Society (NAS)
• Neurodevelopmental conditions – Oxford Health CAMHS
• Pathological Demand Avoidance Society – PDA Society
• Resources about neurodevelopmental conditions – Oxford Health CAMHS

Challenging behaviour

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• Challenging behaviour – North Derbyshire CAMHS
• How to record behaviour on ABC charts (video, skip to 25:28 in Part 1)
• In-depth challenging behaviour (video) – Challenging Behaviour Foundation
• Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) – (videos) – Challenging Behaviour Foundation
• The Challenging Behaviour Foundation

Communicating with people with learning disabilities

• Communicating with people with learning disabilities (video) – YouTube

Equipment and practical resources

• Equipment and resources to support special needs – Abilia
• Healthcare information for people with a learning disability – OxFSN
• Housing adaptations – Viva Access
• Moving into adulthood resource – OxFSN
• Technology support – AbilityNet
• Visual timers – Living Made Easy

Mental health and learning disabilities

• Learning disabilities self-help downloadable leaflets – Hampshire CAMHS

Parent advice, advocacy and support

• Service dedicated to helping carers in Oxfordshire – Carers Oxfordshire
• Courses in accessible housing – Viva Access
• Integrated children’s services (SEND, Locality, Early Help) – Oxfordshire County Council
• My Life My Choice charity – My Life My Choice
• Programs to learn about self-regulation – Self-Regulation Alert Program
• SENDIASS | Phone: 01865 810516 | Text: 07786 524294
• SEN Transport advice – SENTAS Transport Advocacy
• Special Educational Needs and Disability Local Offer – Oxfordshire County Council

Physical health

• Useful learning disability resources – Oxford Health NHS

Progressive muscle relaxation videos

• Guided muscle relaxation for children (video) – YouTube
• Progressive muscle relaxation breathing technique (video) – YouTube
• Progressive muscle relaxation video (video) – YouTube
• Progressive muscle relaxation (video) – YouTube
• Release worry and stress (video) – YouTube

Sensory integration

• Sensory activity resources – Oxford Health NHS
• Sensory integration and processing (pdf) – Oxford Health NHS
• Sensory integration resources – Sensory Integration Education
• Sensory strategies – Oxford Health NHS

Trauma

• Grief support for people with learning disabilities – BackPocketTeacher
• Psycho-educational tool kit: Survival Animals – Beacon House
• Trauma Council resources – UK Trauma Council
• Trauma resources – Beacon House