Discover the Stammer Awareness Toolkit
The Stammering Awareness Toolkit is an engaging resource for teaching staff, organised into a series of interactive learning modules with written, audio, and video content. It covers understanding stammering and its impact on children, classroom strategies and modifications, specialist support from external agencies, promoting stammering awareness and acceptance, and FAQs and resources. Each module concludes with a short quiz to reinforce learning. Additional resources and support are available through the ASC Support Hub, with opportunities for schools to engage in ASC projects and activities.
Key Features:
- Access: One-year access to the toolkit via an online portal for senior leadership teams, teachers, and teaching assistants.
- Modules: Four comprehensive modules that staff can complete at their own pace.
- Content: Interactive materials, practical strategies, and information about local services and organisations.
Benefits for Schools
The toolkit offers significant benefits for pupils, staff, and the entire school community:
- Enhances understanding of stammering and effective support strategies.
- Builds staff confidence in supporting children who stammer.
- Encourages participation of pupils who stammer in classroom activities.
- Helps pupils realise their educational potential.
- Contributes to inclusivity efforts and demonstrates commitment to inclusion.
- Fosters confidence and acceptance of differences among all pupils.
- Provides practical ideas to develop communication confidence.