Collection: Neurodiversity Resources for Neurodivergent Learners with SEND

Neurodiversity resources for SEND are sensory, visual and book-based tools that support neurodivergent children and the adults around them. This collection holds 95 products, including weighted lap pads and shoulder wraps from Sensory Direct, visual prompt fans from The Play Doctor, children's picture books and professional guides for school staff. They are grouped so you can choose by need, whether that is sensory regulation, emotional communication or staff training.

SENCOs and teachers can use visual fans for circle time, transitions and emotional check-ins, weighted lap pads and shoulder wraps for seated regulation, and professional guides such as Specific Learning Differences, What Teachers Need to Know and SEND Strategies for the Secondary Years to support SEN provision and intervention groups. Prices on this page are shown excluding VAT, and school orders are welcome.

Picture books such as Wonderfully Wired Brains and the Neurons series explain neurodivergence in simple, reassuring language, while titles like This Is My Brain! introduce the idea that brains work differently. Parents can pair these with routine fans for bedtime or bathtime and weighted lap pads for calmer moments at the dinner table or during reading time at home.

Sensory Direct's weighted lap pads and shoulder wraps are designed to apply calming deep pressure to the lap, hips or shoulders while a child is seated. The weight comes from plastic beads sewn into individual cells, and the products are described as having a calming effect that can help attention span, reduce excessive fidgeting and ease anxiety. Options include tactile, wipe clean and polycotton versions.

This collection is tagged Neurodiversity and is designed to suit general SEND and neurodivergent profiles rather than one single diagnosis. Within it, some titles focus on particular conditions, such as the Neurons series on autism and dyspraxia, or the Shine Books characters covering ADHD, dyspraxia and autism. For a narrower focus, our ADHD and autism collections let you browse by condition directly.

Several titles are aimed at staff rather than pupils, including Assessing the Need for Access Arrangements in Examinations for SENCOs and exam access coordinators, A Little Guide for Teachers: Being a SENCO, Specific Learning Differences, What Teachers Need to Know, and The Neuroinclusive Educator. These sit alongside family-facing titles, so schools and parents can both find relevant reading in the same collection.

Yes, the visual fans in this collection, such as the Emotions Face Fan, Behaviour Fan and Bedtime Routine Fan, are designed to be lightweight and portable for use in classrooms, therapy sessions and at home. Schools can use them during circle time or transitions, while parents can use the same fans for bedtime, bathtime or after a difficult moment.