Building vocabulary in the Early Years (100226)

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.

Inclusive EAL EYFS (040226)

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

Introduction to Makaton (290126)

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

Stories for social understanding (280126)

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

Communication for all: Embracing different communication methods (260126)

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.

Playing with words inspired by Box Clever (260126)

Join this workshop to learn more about delivering a ‘Playing with Words’ group to support children to learn and use everyday vocabulary.

Talking to parents about SLCN (220126)

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.

Communication for all: enabling interactions (020226)

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].