Know me, Understand me, Communicate with me! CPD Course for educators

CPD Course Led by Specialist Teacher (SLD) Cole Andrew.

About the session

This training session is designed to help educators understand and support pupils that present as PRE VERBAL.

• Understand key principles in research for supporting pupils who may not be using their voice in school for various reasons.
• Understand and practice commonly used strategies for supporting pupils with communication strategies.
• Take away practical hands-on strategies – explore practice in use of visual symbols.

Are you working with pupils who are not using their voice to communicate at school? There may be differing reasons for this but understanding some practical strategies may help. For example, pupils may present with selective mutism, may be pre-verbal developmentally or perhaps autistic people not yet using their voice.

This course explores these and provides advice from experienced classroom practitioners in supporting pupils with alternative methods of communicating. Delegates will receive an overview of the researched practices and tutored examples of how to implement visual strategies in the classroom. These include objects of reference, visual schedules, workstations and assisted language boards amongst others.

Some of these pupils may present with behaviours that are seen to be challenging to manage; communication being a key element in being successful in responding to emotions, such as anxiety. These strategies are designed to reduce overload on memory processing and school anxieties that may help learners of a wide range of abilities and backgrounds, as well as those with communication anxieties or SEND.

As always, our course is designed for delegates to share back and train all their colleagues back in school.

Who Should Attend?
This event is ideal for Teachers, Early Years Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SENCOs, SEND Leaders and Behaviour and Pastoral Leaders who are involved in the provision and management of SEND in their schools.

There is also an additional afternoon SEND Forum which you can attend from 1pm on the same day. Including our 8-step model, which has played a significant role in improving the quality of teaching and pupil progress in schools, leading to successful outcomes with Ofsted.

You can find out more and book both sessions together on our website here https://www.inclusivelearningnorth.co.uk/inclusion-forums-3/

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