Audiance: Children

Communicating with people with a learning disability

Audience: healthcare professionals, young people, children, parents This guide is designed to provide a brief introduction to communication, and the problems faced by someone with a learning disability. It also contains tips on how you can be a better communicator, and how you can help someone with a learning disability to get their message across.…

3×3 Technique

This resource helps to generate conversation and new ideas, it encourages participation and it can help a young person feel more involved.

Children’s Easy Read Blood Test

The Easy Read Blood Test information leaflet helps explain the blood test procedure using simple language and pictures.

Amazing Things Happen: Explaining autism to children

A video explaining autism for children and young people.

Your Rights, Your Future Toolkit

‘Your Rights, Your Future’ is an interactive training session designed for any practitioner working with children and young people on the SEND reforms.

My Genome Sequence

This video explains what genome sequencing is and what happens when patients have their genome sequenced.

Why is it hard to talk about mental health problems?

This guide for children and young people explores why it can be hard to open up about mental health problems.

Epilepsy Passport

The Epilepsy Passport contains essential up-to-date information about a child or young person’s epilepsy.

Diabetes Care ABCDEFG Plan

A series of posters to describe diabetes to those with language and communication difficulties.

Children and young people’s video channel, Imperial College Health

A series of videos for children, young people, and parents and carers about hospital tests, appointments and procedures.