Sentence Building Teaching Strategies (131125)
2025-11-13 08:30 - 09:15 (Europe/London) | Teams
This workshop provides guidance on using colour-coded approaches to support children with sentence building. Attendees will learn how to use colour-coded sentence building strategies as a Universal approach in the classroom, as well as how to set up a Targeted Sentence Building intervention.

Enabling Learning Environments, secondary (131125)
2025-11-13 15:45 - 16:30
This training provides guidance for practitioners around developing an enabling learning environment for all learners. This training workshop was developed by INSPIRE Specialist Teachers across specialisms including SLCN, Autism and Sensory Impairment to enable educators to learn how to make the classroom or setting inclusive for all. Enabling Environment Audit Tools will be provided following the session.

Understanding Echolalia, PVI/EYFS/Primary (171125)
2025-11-17 08:30 - 10:00
Learn two different ways which children in your class may be learning language, learn what echolalia is and identify strategies to support a child who is an intonational language learner.

Storytelling and Narrative Primary (171125)
2025-11-17 15:45 - 16:30
When we think of storytelling, we often think of reading books or writing stories, however, the speech, language and communication skills involved with oral storytelling are crucial. This workshop provides advice and guidance on supporting children with SLCN to develop oral storytelling and narrative skills. You will learn about Universal ‘whole-class’ approaches, as well as how to set up a Targeted ‘Storytelling and Narrative’ intervention group.

Playing with Words (Suitable for EYFS or older if appropriate) (181125)
2025-11-18 08:30 - 09:15
Join this workshop to learn more about delivering a ‘Playing with Words’ group. ‘Playing with Words’ is a small group activity which aims to support children to learn and use ‘everyday’ [Tier 1] vocabulary through themed play. Areas of communication this activity supports include:
• Listening and attention
• Vocabulary
• Building sentences
Each week has a different theme such as ‘In the morning’ and ‘Going shopping.’ We will share resources to help you run ‘Playing with Words’ sessions in your own setting following the workshop.

Stories and Rhymes for childminders, parents, carers (181125)
2025-11-18 10:00 - 10:45
Join us for a workshop all about using stories and rhymes to support your child’s speech, language and communication development at home. Suitable for childminders and parents / caregivers of children aged 3 – 5.

Barrier Games (181125)
2025-11-18 15:45 - 16:30
This workshop will enable you to learn how to use Barrier Games as a Targeted Intervention. Barrier Games can support children to develop their understanding of spoken language (information and instructions) as well as vocabulary, sentence building and social interaction with peers.

Word Aware and Vocabulary Teaching Strategies (191125)
2025-11-19 08:30 - 09:15
This workshop provides guidance on Universal ‘whole-class’ strategies for teaching vocabulary. You will also learn how to set up a Targeted Intervention for pre-teaching vocabulary.

Sentence Building Teaching Strategies (191125)
2025-11-19 15:45 - 16:30

Promoting Oracy in the Primary Classroom (201125)
2025-11-20 15:45 - 16:30
Why is oracy so important?
Speech, language and communication skills underpin all children’s learning. Learning to, and being able to, read and write is dependent on language and communication skills.
This workshop includes strategies and guidance on the following areas:
-Meta cognition – teaching and modelling active listening skills
-How collaborative learning can help children to improve their communication skills.
-Oracy based activities that help children in their reading and writing
-Universal (whole class) vocabulary teaching strategies.
-Strategies to promote social Interaction and language and communication, such as circle time.
-Games/activities that promote active listening/talking for Reception, Key Stage One and Two.
This workshop is for classroom teachers from Reception to Year 6.

Running a Targeted Group:vocabulary - Word Detectives and Word Collectors (suitable for upper KS2 and secondary) (201125)
2025-11-20 16:00 - 16:30
This bitesize workshop provides a 30 minute introduction to our Targeted Vocabulary: ‘Word Detectives and Word Collectors’ intervention for Upper KS2 and Secondary pupils. Join this workshop to find out more about the intervention, who would benefit and what it involves. Following the workshop, if you would like to run the intervention in school, an INSPIRE Specialist Teacher can provide plans, resources and modelling to enable educators to run the intervention in school.

Communication for All: Embracing Different Communication Methods in EYFS/Primary (241125)
2025-11-24 15:45 - 16:45
This training supports practitioners to recognise the different ways we can communicate and provides strategies to enable communication in all of its forms within our settings. This workshop includes advice and guidance on the following strategies:
– Embracing all forms of communication to enable children’s right to communicate
– Using visual supports effectively to support communication
– Gesture, movement and sign
– Building a communication profile
This workshop is particularly relevant for practitioners working with learners who benefit from using communication methods other than or in addition to spoken language.

Inclusive EAL, primary (251125)
2025-11-25 15:45 - 16:30
Inclusion will allow children to develop their English language proficiency without detracting from their full learning experience and all that the school has to offer. The session will: share strategies/ideas to understand and include EAL children in accessing learning; explore ways to support communication with EAL families; introduce the Bell Foundation tracker which allows you to assess and monitor EAL children’s English acquisition. The tracker provides specific strategies to suit all levels of English acquisition.

Communication for All: Enabling Interactions for Children with Communication Differences in EYFS/Primary (251125)
2025-11-25 15:45 - 16:45
This workshop focuses on developing positive interactions between practitioners and children with communication differences [including children who are pre-verbal, minimally speaking or predominantly use communication methods other than spoken language]. This workshop provides guidance on strategies for interacting with children through child-led play and throughout the day as well as how to be a supportive communication partner. ‘Any time an adult responds to a child’s message, either verbally or non-verbally, and the child responds back, an interaction has started. And it’s within these early back-and-forth interactions that the foundation for all of a child’s future conversations are built.’ The Hanen Centre

Word Aware and Vocabulary Teaching Strategies (261125)
2025-11-26 15:45 - 16:30

In-class Strategies for Supporting Learners with SLCN, secondary (271125)
2025-11-27 08:30 - 09:15
This workshop will provide Secondary educators with a brief introduction to speech, language and communication needs in the Secondary age-range and 10 Top Tips for making the classroom inclusive and enabling for young people with speech, language and communication needs.

Talking to Parents and Caregivers about SLCN (271125)
2025-11-27 15:45 - 16:30
Parents and caregivers play a crucial role in supporting children’s speech, language and communication development. This workshop will provide advice around working with parents to support children to make progress. This workshop includes information around:
– Sharing information between home and school
– Talking to parents and caregivers about concerns
– How parents and caregivers can support their child’s speech, language and communication development
We will also signpost you to useful resources you can use and share with families.

Understanding Echolalia for childminders, parents, carers (011225)
2025-12-01 09:30 - 10:15
Parents/Carers: Learn two different ways in which your child/children may be learning language, learn what echolalia is and identify how you can help a child who is an intonational language learner

Understanding Echolalia PVI/EYFS/Primary (011225)
2025-12-01 15:30 - 17:00

Running a Targeted Group:vocabulary - Word Detectives and Word Collectors (suitable for upper KS2 and secondary) (021225)
2025-12-02 08:45 - 09:15

Oracy for Better Reading and Writing (R and Y1) (021225)
2025-12-02 15:45 - 16:30
Reading and writing float on a sea of words. Promoting oracy in the classroom will lead to better reading and writing. This course will discuss the importance of teaching active listening skills, how storytelling can promote better reading skills. Additionally, it shows you how to model writing promoting the oracy skills that are embedded in emergent writing.?

In-class Strategies for Supporting Learners with SLCN, secondary (031225)
2025-12-03 15:45 - 16:30

Inclusive EAL, primary (041225)
2025-12-04 15:45 - 16:30

Playing with Words (Suitable for EYFS or older if appropriate) (081225)
2025-12-08 08:30 - 09:15

Stories and Rhymes for childminders, parents, carers (091225)
2025-12-09 18:00 - 18:45
