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Workshops
10am: Multi-Sensory Story TellingCompany: Bag Books Target Audience: Learning Disability Outline: The workshop briefly explores the research and experience on which multi-sensory stories are based. It demonstrates some of the titles and offers an opportunity to have a look at the stories with colleagues.
10am: Start Writing: Action PlanCompany: Avril Nichol Target Audience: All Therapists Outline: Everyone has an article in them! Practical tips and encouragement from Speech and Language Therapist in Practice editor Avril Nichol – to help you find the article in you.
11am: Life Skills – Communication in ContextCompany: Possum Target Audience: Special Needs Outline: Many disabled children leave school with none of the skills that allow them to live a safe independent life. The Lifeskills project is a curriculum linked programme of lesson plans to teach children cause and effect, turntaking and speaking and listening – using doors, telephones, sockets and televisions as their props. Over the 4 years that this has been running in over 30 SEN environments there have been many interesting findings.
11am: Campaigning for ServicesCompany: The Stroke Association Target Audience: Adult Acquired Outline: In May 2008 The Stroke Association will launch a campaign looking at the long-term communication difficulties facing stroke survivors. The campaign will raise awareness about the impact of communication disabilities on people’s lives and how long term support in the community can address some of these needs. IT will call on commissioners to fund long-term support. The workshop will give details of the campaign and discuss how delegates can get involved.
12pm: The Symbol Inclusion Project and Widgit Literacy Symbols: Using Symbols to Support Inclusion and Access to LearningCompany: Widgit Software Target Audience: All Paediatric Therapists Outline: Symbols provide a visual representation of an idea or word. Therefore introducing them into subject specific materials can help those struggling with new vocabulary gain a level of comprehension by having a visual cue to support their understanding. The symbols Inclusion Project (SIP) a partnership between Widgit Software and Warwickshire LA have taken this idea and developed curriculum based materials to support learners in inclusion classrooms.
We will look at a sample of the curriculum based resources created by SIP and discuss how they have increased student’s levels of comprehension, participation and confidence. As well as look at the software used to make these materials and extend symbol support further in the classroom.
12pm: ACE AssessmentCompany: Granada Learning Target Audience: Paediatric Therapists Outline: An overview of ACE 6-11. Delegates will have the opportunity to handle the picture book, manual and report forms that you would use for this assessment. The ACE is a flexible, quick assessment of language development for 6-11 year olds. It identifies children who have delays with, or impairments to, their comprehension or expression of language.
1pm: The McGuire ProgrammeCompany: McGuire Target Audience: Dysfluency Therapists Outline: The Mcguire programme is run by recovering stammerers for stammerers. They run a 4 day intensive course helping people to learn a new breathing technique as well as techniques to reduce the fear of stammering. The workshop will cover the course structure, costal breathing, tools used to keep control of the stammer and non avoidance techniques. The workshop will also cover ongoing support with national and international contact. The McGuire Programme practise the techniques as you would practise a musical instrument – so that stammerers can be ready for the tough speaking challenges ahead.
1pm: Being CreativeCompany: Leaps and Bounds Target Audience: Paediatric Therapists Outline:- How we put our ideas into production
- How our products support SLT’s – using our CD Roms
- How we can help you
2pm: Update on the Nuffield Centre Dyspraxia ProgrammeCompany: Nuffield Centre Dyspraxia Programme Target Audience: Paediatric Therapists Outline: Updated information on new developments of this popular resource including a demonstration of NDP3i-CD version, which allows SLT’s to customise therapy materials using the NDP resource.
2pm: How to Get Your Resources / Ideas PublishedCompany: Speechmark Target Audience: All Therapists Outline: Catherine McAllister, Managing director of Speechmark Publishing will explain the process of how to get your material published. Speechmark is committed to publishing materials developed by Speech Therapists in the work place.
3pm: Supporting Communication in a Classroom SettingCompany: BT Target Audience: All Paediatric Therapists Outline: Symbols provide a visual representation of an idea or word. We will introduce the range of free resources from BT that support communication development for all children. BT’s resources help children learn the rules of dialogue and improve conversational skills. Supports all ages and stages of development.
3pm: Chit Chat – The StoryCompany: Relate Target Audience: All Therapists Outline: TBC.
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