When we learn to communicate there are many skills that develop before talking. These can be the building blocks of communication and can help children to maximise their preferred way of communicating, whether this is verbal or non-verbal.
This course is for education staff who want to help support children who don’t talk, considering their motivation and stage of development. We will look at visual strategies and intervention for supporting communication. Strategies we cover can be applied in day-to-day interactions and activities at school.
The session is delivered by an experienced speech and language therapist and covers:
- The stages of pre-verbal communication development – how a child communicates at each stage and how to support development at each stage
- Intensive interaction stages and strategies
- Visual strategies to support understanding
- Visual strategies to support communication of needs
What is the course for?
This session will support you to:
- Understand preverbal development
- Plan how support to scaffold and develop early communication can be
implemented in settings - Consider how to use alternative ways of communication that are adapted
according to children’s needs - Recognise preferred interaction styles and adapting opportunities to help children
or young people functionally communicate
How long is this course?
One session, lasting around two and a half hours.
Who should attend?
Teachers and teaching assistants in early years and key stages 1 and 2 and in specialist
provisions.
Which children will it help?
The approaches we cover consider preverbal children in early years, primary school and
specialist settings.
This may include children with social communication differences and complex needs.
Can we offer it as INSET?
Yes, this course works well as a whole team session. For the strategies to be most successful, we recommend sharing these with other members of your staff team.
Please contact us if you are interested in having the training delivered in your setting.
How to book
Please book your place by Monday 27 January.
This course costs £40 per person.
It is essential to book onto our courses by completing our booking form and awaiting a confirmation email to confirm your place. Unfortunately, we cannot accept attendees who have not booked a place prior to the course closing date.
You can book your place on our training courses by:
- booking form – fill in our online booking form or request a digital form by email
- by phone – contact Leanne McCluskey on 07827 954333 or at [email protected]
