Special Education Needs (SEN) teaching resources for Australia
Ancient China Word Search – 28-Word Puzzle
, Not Grade Specific,
An Ancient China word search puzzle, printed with name and date lines on each of its two pages, delivered as a PDF.
Author DIGITAL SCHOOL OF LIFE
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Tags Word Search, Games, Puzzles, Ancient China, Ancient China Word Search, Words Puzzles, Puzzle
Anger Meter: Colour-Coded Feelings Scale
, Not Grade Specific,
Point to a visual scale to communicate feeling calm, frustrated, angry or furious. Choose an emoji-face or child-face version.
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Anger Meter: Feelings Display
, Not Grade Specific,
Use an arrow on a visual dial to communicate feeling calm, frustrated, angry or furious. Choose from the supplied anger-meter designs.
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Anxiety and Calming Strategies Bingo
, Not Grade Specific,
The bingo pages frame coping practice as noticing and recording when a strategy is used. Prefilled boards include simple calming options involving breathing, senses, positive self-talk, drawing, hydration, comfort objects, and fidgets, while blank boards let learners add preferred strategies. Both colour and colour spelling versions are provided. The activity can support a broader wellbeing plan, but it is not a substitute for individualised mental-health support.
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Tags Anxiety, Coping Strategies, Emotions, Bingo, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Calming Activities, Emotional Well-being, Coping Skills, Self-Reflection
Bakery Vocabulary Cards: Twelve Concepts
, Not Grade Specific,
Introduce bakery words such as baguette, dough, flour and loaf using sixty cards in five picture-and-word formats, plus blank templates.
Author WORDS ASIDE
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Being Kind to Animals Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story walks a child through recognising how animals feel, avoiding rough handling, and checking with an owner before petting.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Kindness, Animals, Social Skills, Empathy, Pets, Social Story, Autism, Special Education, Life Skills
Check In Check Out Template (For Behaviour Management, RTI, MTSS)
, Not Grade Specific,
Check In Check Out information is organised in a spreadsheet that users copy before entering their own programme details. The template provides an editable structure for the recurring behaviour-management routine rather than a completed student record. Its format supports local adaptation within RTI or MTSS implementation. The delivered access page directs users to make their own spreadsheet copy, preserving a clean original while allowing programme-specific entries and labels.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Behavior Management, MTSS, RTI, Classroom Management, Check In Check Out, Behavior. Modification, Sel, Social-emotional Learning, School Counseling
CLOTHES: Word Games with Puzzles Crossword Wordsearch Anagram
, Not Grade Specific,
Clothing word puzzles for 14 words, from shirt and skirt to sweater vest and beanie, practised through anagrams, a crossword, a matching page and a word search.
Author WORDS ASIDE
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Tags Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia, Literacy Center, Flash Cards, Anagram, Word Search, Wordwall, Community, Clothes, Words Aside
Cognitive Triangle Poster – CBT for Kids
, Not Grade Specific,
A triangle diagram labelled What You Think, How You Act, and How You Feel shows how the three connect and affect one another, included in both a current and an older poster design.
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Tags CBT, SEN, Emotions, Behavior, Poster
Coping Skills Bingo – Mindfulness & SEL Game
, Not Grade Specific,
Coping-skills bingo cards pair a grid of self-regulation strategies with matching calling cards and a how-to-use guide for running the game with a class.
Author Perfect_Printables
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Tags Coping Skills Bingo, Coping Strategies Game, Mindfulness Bingo, Emotional Regulation Game, Stress Relief Activity, Coping Skills Printable, Sel Bingo Game, Mental Health Activity, Social Emotional Learning Game, Anxiety Relief For Kids
Coping Skills SEL Colouring Pages – 4 Strategy Sheets
, Not Grade Specific,
Four shape-outline colouring pages pair a coping strategy with a colour, and a fifth page lists all sixteen strategies as a reference chart.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Coping Skills, Feelings, Stress Management, School Counseling, SEL, Special Education, Self-regulation, Sel Coloring Pages, Social Emotional Learning
Death Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A fill-in-the-blank social story walks a child through the death of a loved one, with photo placeholders and sentence blanks so an adult can personalise the narrative to the child's own family and loss.
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Tags Social Story, Difficult Discussions, Death, Explaining Death, Social Story Death, Social Story About Death
Draw the Emotion Faces – SEL Drawing Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,
Nine emotion words are laid out in a grid, each apparently paired with a blank face outline for students to draw the matching expression.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Emotions, Feelings, Draw The Emotions, Emotion Recognition, Feelings Worksheets, Emotional Intelligence, Self-expression, Emotional Awareness, Emotional Literacy, Drawing
Eating My Lunch at School Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person narrative walks a student step by step through the routine of eating lunch at school.
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Tags Social Story, Autism, SEN, Life Skills, Special Education
Eating Too Fast – Social Story for Kids
, Not Grade Specific,
Written in the first person as "Taking My Time to Eat," this social story explains in simple, one-sentence-per-page language why eating quickly can be uncomfortable — an upset stomach, a burning chest feeling, choking, or eating past fullness — before showing the benefit of eating more slowly (tasting food better, feeling more comfortable). It then offers four concrete strategies: taking small bites, putting the fork down between bites, drinking water between mouthfuls, and counting chews. The story closes by reinforcing how slowing down helps the child feel good, stay healthy, and please the people around them.
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Tags Eating Habits, Social Story, Health Education, Special Education Needs, Visual Learning
Farm Animal Q-Tip Art Packet
, Not Grade Specific,
Farm animals drawn as fields of printed circles — duck, horse, mouse, pig, chicken, sheep, cow, goat, bunny and turkey — give ten sheets a child fills in dot by dot with a cotton bud, a fingertip or a paint stick.
Author mnorganizingmom
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Tags Farm Q-Tip , Farm Craft For Preschol, Farm Activity For Preschool, Farm Preschool Theme, No Prep Farm Activity, No Prep Farm Craft, Farm Theme, Farm Craft, Farm Activity, Printable Farm Craft, Animal Farm Packet, Q-tip Clip Art, Simple Farm Animal Drawings, Qtip Art, Q-tip Art
Fear of insects Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
"Insects are Friendly" runs nineteen illustrated pages in the first person, opening with "I do not like insects", validating the fear as normal, then giving reasons insects are harmless and useful — pollination, silk, honey, feeding birds and hedgehogs — before offering deep breaths, talking to someone and a repeatable phrase.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Insects, Fear, Anxiety, Social Story, Coping Strategies, Coping Skills, Overcoming Fears
Feeling Left Out: Social Stories About Emotions and Social Skills
, Not Grade Specific,
Use a digital presentation, full-size or half-size printed story, or individual cards to discuss feeling left out. Choose a format for shared reading and guided discussion.
Author The Feelings and Friends Teacher
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Tags Social Stories About Emotions, Social Stories Autism, Social Stories, Getting Along With Others, Social Skills Lessons, Social Skills Group, Friendship Lessons, Friendship Skills, Feeling Left Out
FL Beginning Blend: Find and Colour
, Not Grade Specific,
Say the picture names and colour the six that begin with fl, leaving the non-matching picture uncoloured.
Author Lilibette's Resources
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Friendship Passport Booklet
, Not Grade Specific,
A friendship-skills booklet pairs a bingo-style icebreaker card with a flower-versus-cactus friendship comparison chart and an eight-step conflict-resolution guide.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Sel, Social Emotional Learning, Social Skills, Small Group, School Counseling, Special Education, Booklet, Fun, Friendship
Going to Church Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Church-service routines are presented through a first-person social story, from sitting on a pew through singing, prayer, Sunday school and a positive-behaviour close.
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Tags Social Story, Autism, SEN, Christian
Going to the Grocery Store/Supermarket Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Shopping routines unfold one sentence at a time across sixteen illustrated first-person pages, from fetching a cart to putting the shopping away at home, supplied twice - once in American wording and once in British.
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Tags Social Story, Shopping, Supermarket, Grocery Store, Autism
Going to the Park Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Park-visit rules and routines are introduced in a first-person social narrative, from waiting a turn on the swings to leaving without a tantrum.
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Tags Park Visit, Social Skills, Autism Support, Social Story, Behavior Expectations, Free Printable Social Stories
HOTEL: Word Games with Puzzles Crossword Wordsearch
, Not Grade Specific,
Seventeen hotel vocabulary words — room, reception, porter, check in/out, room attendant — are practised through an anagram puzzle, a labelled crossword, a matching page, a spiral word arrangement, and a word-search grid.
Author WORDS ASIDE
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Tags Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia, Literacy Center, Flash Cards, Anagram, Word Search, Wordwall, Community, Travel, Words Aside