Events

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.

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

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.   

Learn about typical speech development, the features of speech sound disorders and strategies to support students.   

Understand the communication differences associated with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and how to support students within the classroom. 

Learn how to support students to problem-solve through drawing. This approach enables students to reflect on real life social situations and better understand why a series of events occurred. 

Helicopter Stories is a powerful, evidence-based technique for developing children’s confidence, curiosity, creativity, and communication skills.
This workshop will introduce this technique in which children dictate their stories to an adult and later the same session or day the children act out their stories from their place round the circle, with no props. In the session you will learn how to run effective Helicopter Stories sessions which have been proven by the Open University to develop confidence and communication skills in children aged 2-5. ?

Learn how to support students to label and express their feelings by linking what they feel inside their body to the emotion vocabulary.