Childminders Useful Websites and Resources 

• Equality Act 2010
  
• SEND Code of Practice 2015

• SEND: guide for parents and carers
  
• SEND: guide for early years settings
• EYFS Development Matters
  
• Help for Early Years Providers

Communication and Interaction:

• Speech and Language UK
• National Autistic Society: Charity for people on the Autism Spectrum
• WellComm (GL Assessment)
  

• Birth to 5 Matters: Non-Statutory Guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage
  
• Childcare
  
• Council for Disabled Children: Umbrella body for disabled children’s sector
  
• Early Years Alliance
  
• NASEN: National Association for Special Educational Need
  
• NASEN: Early Years and Training Resources
  
• Pacey: Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years

Childminding specific organisations:

• Childminding UK: resources and training
• Childminding UK: SEND Early Indicators Training providing practical ideas, strategies and resources to support and extend observations and play with a child, to help in identifying needs
• NASEN mini guide for Childminders