Resources from The Communication Trust:

Sentence Trouble: This publication has been written for everyone that works or volunteers in Youth Offending Teams (YOT), Secure Children’s Homes, Secure Training Centres and Young Offenders Institutions (YOI). It is intended to help improve understanding and communication with children and young people, particular those with communication needs.

This booklet has been developed by The Communication Trust, The Dyslexia SpLD Trust and the Autism Education Trust as a result of the Department of Health and the Department of Children, Schools and Families Better Communication Action Plan.

To download a pdf of the publication please click here.

To order your free copy please click here.

We picked one up at the Youth Justice conference and thought they were very useful for our staff and for members of our referral order panels who have to communicate with young people under stress. Operational Manager, Rhondda Cynon Taf Youth Offending Service

 

Resources from our partners:

BT Better World: They have a number of online resources available at www.btbetterworld.com, including Personal Skills Journey: Appreciating Difference, which is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills which, if applied, will increase their marketability in the transition from ‘learning to earning’.


Elklan: The speech and language therapists have developed a course called Speech and Language Support for Post 16s and is for those working with young adults with speech, language and communication difficulties within post 16 settings.

Please click here to view the flyer.


National Autistic Society (NAS): NAS have developed a publication entitled Autism: a guide for criminal justice professionals which provides background information about autism spectrum disorders. The guide aims to assist all professionals working in the Criminal Justice System who may come into contact with someone who has autism, particularly police officers, solicitors, barristers, magistrates, justices of the peace, the judiciary and the courts.

Please go to www.autism.org.uk/cjp to download the guide or click here. The website also contains other useful information.