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This training is aimed at practitioners developing a high level of specialist knowledge or who already have a great deal of experience which they wish to formalise.
This level may be undertaken as individual units or can be undertaken as part of the University of Sheffield Language and Communication Impairment in Children (LACIC) post-graduate certificate, post-graduate diploma or MSC.
Training which is offered includes:
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Self-directed workbook on SEN legislation, policy and practical application; includes activities and discussion
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1 taught day on SEBD linked to language difficulty
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2-day course on identification, assessment, planning, teaching and therapy. 'How to be effective in early years – linking evidence to practice'.
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Specific language impairment (SLI) guided reading.
The purpose of this training is to support practitioners in their evaluation and decision-making practices.
Learning outcomes:
1. To enable SLTs and teachers to identify the speech, language and communication difficulties of children relative to typical speech and language development and use this knowledge to assess pre-school children's needs.
2. To consider in some detail the ways in which programmes of work and child’s individual targets can be planned jointly between the teacher and SLT to meet the SLCN of pre-school children.
3. To critically evaluate a number of different methods of intervention and consider the theoretical underpinnings of the different approaches.
4. To consider why some approaches are more effective than others in helping children to develop and attain skills.
5. To gain a greater awareness of the skills and competencies that teachers and speech and language therapists bring to the development of speech language and communication in children. |