SEMH and SEND Resources
Ready-to-teach SEMH and SEND lessons for ages 4 to 18 – lesson plans, emotion mappers, activity cards and printable worksheets from 100+ UK mental health and education organisations, all in one place.
What is Now & Beyond?
Now & Beyond is delivered by Beyond, a bold grassroots organisation tackling the youth mental health crisis in the UK. In 2021, Beyond created Now & Beyond as a one-off digital festival for educational settings. Five years on it has reached over two million young people, educators and families, and improves access for educators of 4–18 year olds to vital, youth-approved social, emotional and mental health lesson resources.
What a free account gives you
Hundreds of mental health resources for schools from 100+ mental health and education organisations across the UK, with SEND, ASN and neurodiversity collections among them.
Most come as a full pack rather than a single file – a lesson plan, teacher’s notes, presentation slides and the printable worksheets and activity sheets that go with them. The SEND packs are built differently: emotion mappers with and without words, feelings cards, activity cards and strategy cards you can put straight into a classroom routine.
SEMH runs right across the library – emotional regulation and emotional literacy work, resilience and low mood, anxiety in the classroom, kindness and anti-bullying – alongside the SEND and neurodiversity packs written for pupils who need a different route into the same conversation.
Every resource is reviewed and approved by a panel of young people on the Now & Beyond steering group before it goes live, ensuring your class content will resonate with your students.
A few SEND and neurodiversity lessons from the library
The Feelit Programme
Teaching notes, a class promise, and emotion mappers with and without words, for pupils working below age-related expectations.
Understanding Neurodiversity
The LEANS teaching guide and story booklet from the University of Edinburgh, plus a self-evaluation exercise, a letter template for parents and classroom posters.
Emotional and Social Curriculum
Activity cards, strategy cards and a reference grid for building emotional literacy into everyday classroom routines.
Let's Learn About Autism
A lesson plan and presentation introducing autism to a secondary class.
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Common questions
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What is Now & Beyond?
Now & Beyond is a free online platform giving teachers, schools and educators access to trusted, curriculum-aligned mental health resources for young people aged 4–18. Our library includes lesson plans, videos and guidance covering topics such as social, emotional and mental health, SEND and neurodiversity, emotional wellbeing and RSHE.
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Are the SEMH and SEND resources really free?
Yes. Signing up to Now & Beyond is completely free. By creating an account, educators can access a growing library of youth-approved SEMH, SEND and wellbeing resources to support their classroom teaching.
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Will these work for pupils working below age-related expectations?
Yes – that is what the SEND and ASN packs are for. They cover ages 4 to 18, and the Feelit programme uses emotion mappers with and without words so pupils can take part regardless of reading level. The emotional literacy activity cards and strategy cards drop into existing routines rather than needing a full lesson slot.
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What is in a resource pack?
Usually a lesson plan and teacher’s notes, slides you can present from, and printable worksheets or activity sheets. SEND packs more often contain cards and mappers than slides. Some also include a short film, an animation or a classroom poster.
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Who creates the resources?
Beyond centralises resources from organisations across the mental health and education sector and presents them for review and approval to a panel of young people on the Now & Beyond steering group.
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