Events

Gain an understanding of the differences between bilingualism and SLCN and how you can support children within the classroom.   

This workshop will introduce a technique for following a child’s lead within a small group structure and for developing practitioners’ skills in talking with children. The approach allows practitioners to interact in a playful way using a variety of media (actions, objects, pens, and paper) which can develop a range of communication and PSE skills.

This session is an introduction to strategies used with EAL pupils and how to monitor progress with language acquisition.

Makaton Signing is keyword signing to support children's understanding and their ability to communicate.  Learn approximately 40 signs to use in the classroom.     

This session is an introduction to strategies used with EAL pupils and how to monitor progress with language acquisition.

In this workshop you will learn universal strategies that will promote the development of oracy in the classroom from Reception to Year 6.

In this workshop you will learn how you can support the class teacher to implement universal strategies that will promote the development of oracy in the classroom from Reception to Year 6.

Learn how to set up and run Lego therapy groups to support the communication skills of students with SLCN. 

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.

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.

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.

Learn how to support students to code their sentences using shapes to support their expressive language skills and how to implement the strategy within classroom practice.