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Put your photo in the clip art box by double clicking and then clicking on import. Click in the next box and put in your name. You can use WordArt and select a design you like.

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Add any pictures you choose to the page using clip art or importing your own photos, etc. Put in here all the really important stuff, like any diagnosis you have such as Communication Difficulties, • Asperger Syndrome, • Tourrette’s, • ADHD or ADD, • Asthma or allergies, • physical difficulties, • visual difficulties • hearing difficulties. You could write a bit about how that affects you, if you want to.

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You could put pictures of your interests or photos of people who are important to you on this page.

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Put on here everything you are good at. Put in photos of yourself or clip art pictures to decorate the page.

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Put in here everything you think you find difficult, need to do better or need help with. Put in a photo or clip art picture.

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Write about any difficulties you have in communicating with people at school. Perhaps you find it difficult to • talk to people you don’t know very well • understand jokes • understand if people talk too quickly • talk to people in a group Also write about any ways you like to communicate – using picture exchange or signing for example.

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For example, do you need the teachers to • talk more slowly, • use easier words, • call you by name to make sure you hear what they say • stand near to you when they speak give instructions, • use signing or picture communication?

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Put in here anything that needs to be provided to help you work well, such as a laptop, voice recognition software, visual timetables, visual cues, task management boards, a dictaphone, large type and any other differentiated materials. You might need to ask your teachers or teaching assistants to help you with this bit.

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Think of anything that stops you working well – perhaps • particular noises or • too much noise, • smells or • bright lights for example. Maybe you can’t work well if you •  have to share a desk with another pupil or •  you’re too far away from the whiteboard. These are just examples. Make sure you write about yourself.

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Write about what you feel and how you might behave if you are stressed. For example, do you • get angry, • go quiet, • stop working, • shout at people, • chew things, • tap things?

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Write down what helps when you are stressed. For example, do you like to • go somewhere quiet, • talk about it to a teacher, • sit quietly and rest in the classroom, • look at a book about your special interest?

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Write down anything that people at school can do to help you with any of your difficulties.