OLT - Speech, Language and Communication Needs

Who should attend

SENCos/SENDCos, teachers, teaching support staff and senior leaders 

Course outcomes

To provide ‘just-in-time’ intermediate CPD in SEND to narrow the gap in attainment and improve life chances for all pupils.

On successful completion of the course, participants will be able to: 

•    describe the prevalence and hidden nature of speech, language and communication needs 
•    differentiate between typical and atypical stages of language acquisition 
•    identify receptive, expressive and pragmatic language difficulties and evaluate their impact on access to the curriculum and social inclusion 
•    describe the purpose and process of individual assessments 
•    use checklists to assess attention, listening, expressive language and fluency skills 
•    observe and evaluate social use of language and independent learning strategies 
•    design and plan strategies to support the development of phonological and articulation skills
•    create a support plan for a pupil/group of pupils in your school
 

Other information

Direct queries to 

AOIS
email: oi@addington.wokingham.sch.uk
web:https://www.addington.wokingham.sch.uk/outreach-service
phone: 0118 9669073 (ext 274)