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Odd Socks and Docs

Odd Socks and Docs is a podcast aimed at anyone working in aSpecial Educational Needs & Disabilities setting. Primarily teaching children and young people with severe and complex and profound learning difficulties.I hope this will be helpful to anyone with an interest in SEND including parents and other professionals in medical and social roles.

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16:12

The Beach Comber

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/06/21

Collecting stones and pebbles for use in the class room. A fantastic resource, sensory experience which is highly adaptable to make great lesson with many links to curriculum areas such as literacy, history and science. perfect for fine motor skills too.

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22:20

Time the greatest gift of all.

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/06/14

How successful teaching is about having great relationships with the staff and children. This can only happen by dedicating time to build the relationship.

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35:08

Let them be

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/05/31

The art of "Letting them be." and how this can be structured into activities across the curriculum and the school day. It is a very important skill to learn to be independent.

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26:42

Shopping

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/05/24

A fundamental Life Skill and needs to be taught carefully as it involves so many other skills. In this episode I talk about taking a group out weekly to a local shop and how to manage it.

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16:51

The Puppet

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/05/03

How puppets can really enhance conversation skills, including signing and bring fun and laughter into the classroom. Also touching on the use of hand puppets in Intensive Interaction sessions

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14:05

First this then that!

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/04/26

Just a minute, hold on a sec often used and not very meaningful. In this short episode I talk about using First this and Then that a simple clear way of moving from one thing to another. An action being needed before the next thing can happen, helping students to be adaptable and flexible.

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23:19

The Mud Kitchen

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/04/19

Children everywhere will be drawn to playing with the earth, sand, pebbles or dirt. The mud kitchen allows children in their own time and in their own way to explore and learn. It is cheap and easy to set up and provides hours of learning through play. Children of all ages and abilities will enjoy being in a mud kitchen giving the teacher ample opportunities to interact, assess and record!

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20:25

Be the Light in the Room

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/04/12

Everyone needs a light, maybe the light at the end of a dark tunnel, maybe a bright shining light, maybe a slow steady light with a warm glow. Reflecting on how the mood in a room can be lifted.

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25:06

Soup

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/03/14

How a simple lesson of making soup can be developed into a community project with cross curricular links in reading, maths, social skills, independence skills, real life skills of shopping. In addition providing a great link for parents to work with them at home.

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69:49

Assault

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/03/08

Unfortunately when living or working with some students with severe learning difficulties with challenging behaviours it is likely that you may get assaulted. In this episode I reflect on this and look at ways to reduce the risk and then look at how recovery can be helped.

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17:16

Monet

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/03/01

How my love for Monet lead to a term of beautiful art work with my mixed ability SEND class. With the added bonus of beautiful displays, cards and gifts not to mention all the other skills and great behaviour.

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17:47

Help cards

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/02/22

A simple bespoke card for students and their supporters, or independent people with SEND to carry. These cards should immediately tell a member of the public or services how best to help when someone is in crisis or has had an accident.

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19:01

Tombola

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/02/15

Another idea for making Maths a fun activity whilst teaching other valuable life skills. Easy to adapt to age appropriate groups and easy to differentiate for individual students.

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21:49

Button Box

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2025/02/11

An idea for series of maths lessons that can be easily adapted and differentiated. The students have fun and their learning crosses into important areas of the curriculum including literacy, life skills and motor skills.

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23:30

What is important?

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2024/12/14

The last episode of Series 2! When there just seems to be so many things that need to be done and taught, how do you decide what to prioritise and what is important to the students and parents!Have a wonderful Christmas break and make sure you rest!

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19:20

The Great British Bake Off

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2024/12/07

How working collaboratively with TA's can produce a fabulous term long project with lots of important learning outcomes beyond baking skills.

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32:54

Developing Good Relationships with Parents.

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2024/11/30

When you work together with parents you get the best outcomes for their children. They can be an incredible resource and no one knows their child like they do. In this episode I look at developing those relationships.

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31:17

Pancakes

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2024/11/23

How making pancakes weekly became a highly successful motivating lesson. Involving multi disciplinary work, lots of cross curriular links and real life skills that parents could practise with them at home.

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22:37

The Tuck Shop

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2024/11/16

Working with a difficult class using a highly motivating carrot! Running a tuck shop had many learning objectives in life skills, social skills, working collaboratively, fine motor skills and maths skills. All the students showed very steady progress. It became a stepping stone to going into the community to shop.

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30:50

Jingle Bells

Odd Socks and Docs ·

2024/11/09

The magic and joy of Christmas, following traditions and making them special for your students and their parents. So many learning opportunities to be found in these activities.

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