The Assistive Technology for Education Support Team (ATfEST)

Resource production

About us and what we do

Developing adapted, transcribed, enlarged and/or modified resources and materials to enable and support access to learning and inclusion for SEND children and young people.

Accessing our support

Referral is typically made by specialist teachers within the Specialist Teaching Service. 

How we work

We produce and prepare adapted, transcribed, enlarged and/or modified resources and materials to enable and support access to learning and inclusion for SEND pupils including text layout, fonts and colour preferences best suited to dyslexic learners and Braille/Moon resources for visually impaired children and young people.  We also

  • Provide training and support to staff in educational settings on adapted, enlarged, or modified materials, produce resources and assistive technologies/equipment, including Braille embossers, Tactile Image Enhancer machines and specialist scanning software.
  • Support curriculum access and inclusion for SEND pupils, to all STS teams, educational settings, pupils and families.
 

X has loved getting the books though the post. I want everyone to know how much things like the books are appreciated as it is so hard to get books for him to read in other ways