TRAINING COURSES Course Title Information Suitable for An Introduction to Spoken Language Difficulties in the Classroom Breaks down receptive and expressive language into manageable chunks to give a greater understanding of what happens when development doesn’t go according to plan. Practical suggestions, general strategies and specific techniques for the classroom/nursery. Nursery staff, Teachers, Teaching assistants, SENCOs. Targets Nursery & Primary Speech, language and communication: What you need to know Introduction to the development of the factors involved and what/ why it is important, what can go wrong, what to try and where to go for help. 2 hours lecture or full-day workshop Nursery staff, Teachers, Teaching assistants, SENCOs. Targets Nursery & Primary Introduction to receptive language difficulties Explains the nature of verbal understanding to give a greater awareness of the child’s difficulty and how to cope in the classroom. 1 1/2 hours Nursery staff, Teachers, Teaching assistants, SENCOs. Targets Nursery & Primary Introduction to expressive language problems If a child has expressive language difficulties, it’s easy to identify but what should we do about it? Explanation, advice and techniques to help. 1 hour Nursery staff, Teachers, Teaching assistants, SENCOs. Targets Nursery & Primary Introduction to speech problems in the classroom “It’s not a class teacher’s job but how can we help at school?” What are the implications for learning if a child has speech problems? How will it affect written language? 2 hour Nursery staff, Teachers, Teaching assistants, SENCOs. Targets Nursery & Primary Attention: How to keep anyone focused to the tasks in the classroom and outside A thought provoking introduction to the development and importance of attention as identified by Maggie Johnson. Looks at the factors that influence us all and how we can transfer these ideas into the classroom situation 1hr Teachers, Teaching assistants, Parents, SENCOs, anyone with an interest in the teaching/ learning process. Targets Primary & Secondary Working with young children who are learning to talk Looks at why language learning is so central to the overall development of every child. A presentation of the Learning to Talk DVD with following discussion 1 ½ hrs Nursery and pre-school playgroup workers Targets pre-school Introduction to functional signing The use of simple signing can help to aid a child’s understanding. Identifies the useful first signs. Add on courses may be arranged depending on the identified need. 1 ½ hr introduction or Half day Nursery staff, Teachers, Teaching assistants, SENCOs and parents Targets Nursery & Primary