Vicky Carpenter
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London, London, United Kingdom
About the store
I’m an Autism Specialist and SEND teacher with over 15 years’ experience working across early childhood, primary, alternative provision and specialist settings. I support autistic learners, gestalt language processors (GLPs), children with sensory processing differences, and pupils who benefit from visual, structured, low-demand learning.
My resources are shaped by real classroom practice, family experience, and the strategies I use every day to help children feel safe, understood and ready to learn.
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Starter Colourful Semantics board
This resource uses a color-/colour-coded sentence building approach to help children develop clearer, more confident language skills. By breaking sentences into meaningful parts (Who? Doing what? What? Where?), learners can understand how language works in a visual, accessible way. Suitable for early years/early childhood, primary/elementary, and SEND/Special Education, this approach supports children who benefit from: ✔ visual structure ✔ predictable routines ✔ reduced language load ✔ step-by-s
PreK - 3rd
Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Writing
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About the store
Experience
I’m an Autism Specialist and SEND teacher with over 15 years’ experience working across early childhood, primary, alternative provision and specialist settings. I support autistic learners, gestalt language processors (GLPs), children with sensory processing differences, and pupils who benefit from visual, structured, low-demand learning.
My resources are shaped by real classroom practice, family experience, and the strategies I use every day to help children feel safe, understood and ready to learn.
Teaching style
My teaching is neuro-affirming, visual, and predictable. I focus on reducing cognitive load, supporting regulation, and building communication using clear visuals, Colourful Semantics–style sentence building, simplified texts, and practical routines.
I believe every child thrives when expectations are clear, language is accessible, and adults respond with curiosity, connection and flexibility.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I have supported hundreds of families, teachers and SENCOs through tailored visual supports, autism training and early communication tools. My resources are used internationally in classrooms, home-education settings and speech & language sessions.
A highlight of my work has been helping non-speaking children use symbol-supported stories and visuals to join in lessons for the first time — and watching their confidence grow.
My own education history
PGCE
Postgraduate Diploma in SEND & Inclusionn - Autism
NASENDCo Award
Ongoing specialist training in: Autism Education Trust (AET), SCERTS, sensory integration approaches, visual communication systems, and early communication for autistic learners.
I also deliver CPD for schools, tutoring organisations and parent groups.
Additional biographical information
I create resources that make learning calmer, clearer and more accessible for autistic and SEND learners — and easier for the adults supporting them.
All illustrations and visuals are designed to be friendly, easy to understand and low-arousal, helping children feel safe and confident.
You can also find more tools, training and support at:
www.vickycarpenter.co.uk
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