Area 4: Literacy through sensory stories, pictures and object symbols

• Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust: Inclusive Communication Resources (External). Information and resources for appropriate and accessible communication and literacy approaches with people with learning disabilities. Includes accessible information, objects of reference, sensory stories.
• Ian Bell - Communication in visually impaired children/visual impairment and autism (External). This website has a range of articles written by a speech and language therapist, on the communication skills of CYPVI, including some aspects of early literacy. 
• Sight Scotland: How to create sensory story resources for pupils with visual impairment - for educators (External). This video demonstrates how to introduce things to touch, things to taste, things to listen to, things to smell to lend a full round of experiences to that young person and bring the story to life for them.
• The Bridge School: sensory stories (External). Example of sensory stories developed by The Bridge School.
• Inclusive Teach: Sensory Story Collection (External). This page collates all the sensory stories published on inclusiveteach.com. A sensory story is one that serves to activate each of the senses to encourage engagement in a range of learning situations. 
• Chidren's Trust: Sensory Stories (External). Sensory stories pair spoken word with sensory stimuli and as a result, stories come alive for our young people. You will find a wide range of age appropriate stories in this section along with a list of alternative resources you can find at home.

See also Area 3: Communication

Downloadable Resources 

See Area 4: Literacy homepage and Area 3: Communication homepage to discover downloadable resources shared by the sector