Creating a Communication Friendly Classroom

Did you know that creating the right learning environment can result in learning gains in reading, writing and maths of up to 16%?

This short course aims to give an overview of how the physical environment of the classroom can impact on children and young people’s speech, language and communication. It introduces practical strategies that can be introduced and embedded within individual classes or across a whole setting, to enable a good communication environment and support attention and listening, language, communication, and behaviour.

Aims:

• To develop an understanding of how the physical environment impacts on communication

• To know which aspects of the learning environment could affect successful communication

• To provide practical strategies to enable you to adapt aspects of your learning environment in order to create communication friendly classrooms.

Ideal for:

Teachers and Childcare/Education staff in Early Years, Foundation stage, Key Stage 1, and Key Stage 2. This session is aimed at a Universal level of provision and so strategies and environmental modifications can be adapted and applied to support all children within the setting, including those with speech, language and communication needs and English as an Additional Language.

Please note: This course will be run as an online training session via Microsoft Teams. When you book, you will receive information about how to access the training and how the session will be run.

Please note that our training courses and workshops are designed to be interactive, to ensure participants get the most from the session. With this in mind, we ask that you check to ensure that both your camera and microphone are working prior to the course.

Each person attending the training needs to purchase an individual ticket. Several participants may join the training from the same device but each participant must have purchased an individual ticket. Additional participants who have not bought a ticket are not allowed to sit and watch the training, either in or out of the camera view, and will be asked to leave.

Cancellation Policy:

Refund policy:

• More than 2 weeks before the start date – no charge/full refund.
• Less than 2 weeks before the start date – full charge applies.

Transfer policy:

• You may transfer your place on a course to an alternative participant or to an alternative date at any time prior to the start date but please inform us of the change.
• Failure to attend a course will not entitle you to transfer to another course/date and neither will you be able to transfer your place to others.

If you have any questions about the content of this course or how it will be run online, please contact the training admin team on lcht.sltleedstraining@nhs.net or 01138433608.