Resources for Military Children with Additional Needs

Little Troopers at School project objective is to educate schools, primary and secondary, about the unique needs through circumstance of military children and make available easily accessible resources to you.

See below a range of specific resources created for education settings and parents who have children with additional needs, written with the military community and challenges in mind. Social Stories, Talking Mats & Dictionary sheet

Talking Mats

‘Talking Mats’ are a communication framework for helping children with additional needs organise their thoughts and express their views about particular issues. They allow visual representation of these thoughts and views. We have created some for military situations.

Social Stories

Social Stories: Short, simple descriptions of some military social situations developed as a tool to help individuals to better understand the situation and what is to be expected of them.

Dictionary Sheets

Using ‘dictionary sheets’ to help with word learning.