Social Communication and Interaction - Understanding & Support

This workshop aims to give an overview of the areas of social communication, and how to identify a child’s needs. It introduces verbal and visual communication strategies and direct interventions that can be used to support children with social communication needs. It briefly introduces Blank Levels of language and key strategies to support children to understand higher level, more abstract language.

Aims:

• Develop an understanding of social communication needs

• Understand typical development of social communication

• Be aware of the impact of social communication differences

• Be aware of key strategies to aid understanding of language

• Identify practical ideas and strategies to support children with social communication differeneces

• Next steps and when / how to access support from Speech and Language Therapy

Ideal for:

Teachers and education support staff in Foundation stage, Key Stage 1, and Key Stage 2 settings who support children with social communication needs.

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.