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What's the plan - your education and support

This guide explains how you can get involved in planning your learning and support. It explains about different kinds of plans that schools use, like IEPs and CSPs, and how you can have a say in what goes in these plans.

Download What's the plan - your education and support (pdf, 2 MB)

 Download the audio of What's the plan - your education and support (mp3, 7.3 MB)
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Tags: my rights | support | your views | audio

Need extra help at school?

This guide is about your rights to get extra help at school. It will give you ideas for what sorts of issues you can get help with. It also has examples of different kinds of help.

Download Need extra help at school? (pdf, 1.8 MB)

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 Download BSL video of Need extra help at school? (mp4, 82.1 MB)
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 Download the audio of Need extra help at school? (mp3, 4.9 MB)
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Tags: my rights | my life | BSL | audio | large print

Getting ready to leave school

Thinking about your future after you leave school? This guide gives you questions to think about and suggests people you can talk to. It also explains what your school may be able to do to help you get ready to leave. And at the back you'll find a helpful directory of organisations who can help you with jobs, volunteering, benefits and more.

Download Getting ready to leave school (pdf, 2.2 MB)

 Link to online BSL video of Getting ready to leave school (with English captions)

 Download BSL video of Getting ready to leave school (mp4, 208.9 MB)
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 Download the audio of Getting ready to leave school (mp3, 11.3 MB)
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Tags: my future | my rights | support | my life | your views | BSL | audio | large print

Going to a new school

If you're about to start at a new school, then this guide is for you. You might be changing schools because you've moved house, or because you're in P7 and are going to secondary school. Either way, this guide will help you think about what your new school will be like. It will explain about getting extra help at school. It will also give you ideas for things to do in and out of school.

Download Going to a new school (pdf, 2.7 MB)

 Link to online BSL video of Going to a new school (with English captions)

 Download BSL video of Going to a new school (mp4, 132.6 MB)
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 Download the audio of Going to a new school (mp3, 8 MB)
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  Download the text-only (18 point) version of Going to a new school (Word .doc, 45 KB)
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Tags: fun | my future | my rights | support | my life | your views | BSL | audio | large print

Going to meetings

This guide is about going to meetings with your teachers and other people who support you. You might feel worried about going to a meeting. It's good to go though, as it's your chance to talk about how you are getting on at school and whether the support you get is helping you. This guide will give you tips to help you get ready for the meeting, tips for when you're there and for after the meeting.

Download Going to meetings (pdf, 2.2 MB)

 Download the audio of Going to meetings (mp3, 7.3 MB)
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  Download the text-only (18 point) version of Going to meetings (Word .doc, 41 KB)
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Tags: your views | audio

People who can help you in and out of school

This guide gives you ideas for people in and out of school who you can ask for help and advice. It also explains how people like learning support teachers, education welfare officers and social workers can help.

Download People who can help you in and out of school (pdf, 2.4 MB)

 Download the audio of People who can help you in and out of school (mp3, 10 MB)
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Tags: support | problems | audio | large print

Nadia's story

This is a story about a girl called Nadia who gets extra help at school. The story was written by disabled young people supported by Enable. In the story, Nadia talks about her worries at school. She asks for help with bullying and sorts out a problem with her learning support assistant. She also has her say at a review meeting.

Download Nadia's story (pdf, 5.1 MB)

 Download the audio of Nadia's story (mp3, 7.5 MB)

Tags: my rights | support | problems | your views

Getting help with exams

It's up to the school to make sure you get the help you need to do your best in exams. This factsheet has examples of ways that you might be able to get help with exams. It contains study tips on how to get ready for exams, and info about some useful websites.

Download Getting help with exams (pdf, 2.1 MB)

Tags: my rights | support