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Learn how to write stories to support social understanding. Writing these stories supports students to know what to expect within a social situation. 

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 workshop focuses on developing positive interactions between practitioners and children with communication differences .

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 about the importance of vocabulary development, how children learn words , and learn about a structured whole – group approach to teaching vocabulary. Following this online?workshop you will?have the tools to?promote?different kinds of words and?know how to help children remember and learn them. You will learn how to apply this knowledge in play times and everyday routines.

Support the development of joint attention skills in young autistic children within a small group. 

Learn play based, person centred strategies to help people with severe learning difficulties or ASD to build the fundamental communication and social skills by mirroring and responding to their unique communication behaviours.

Support the development of joint attention skills in young autistic children within a small group. 

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. ?

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.

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

Build upon your prior knowledge of Makaton and learn 40 additional signs to use in the classroom.    
** ‘Introduction to Makaton’ is a prerequisite course