Who we are
We're a team of speech and language specialists - working to make Hull & East Yorkshire a better place
Who we are
We're a team of speech and language specialists - working to make Hull & East Yorkshire a better place
Who we are
We're a team of speech and language specialists - working to make Hull & East Yorkshire a better place
Working in partnership: An introduction to Speech and Language Therapy (SaLT).
Ideal for teachers and teaching assistants.
Aims: To raise awareness of the role of Speech & Language Therapy; To be able to differentiate between speech & language; To give practical strategies to implement where appropriate.
Integrating SaLT within your school.
Ideal for early years staff.
Aims: To raise awareness of the prevalence of Speech & Language Therapy opportunities within routines and activities in the setting; To be able to differentiate between speech, language, and communication; To give some practical, everyday strategies to implement and support therapy input.
Getting Involved – supporting students with speech programs.
Ideal for teaching assistants.
Aims: To be able to differentiate between speech & language; To raise awareness of the developmental acquisition of English phonemes; To develop the participants’ auditory discrimination skills; To increase the accuracy and efficiency of outcome recording; To provide practical therapy support ideas and strategies.
The foundations of phonics.
Ideal for early years and KS1 staff.
Aims: To raise awareness of the developmental acquisition of English phonemes; To develop knowledge of the physical production of phonemes; To give practical strategies to encourage the correct production of phonemes in isolation.
Getting Involved – supporting students with language programs.
Ideal for teaching assistants.
Aims: To be able to differentiate between speech & language; To raise awareness of the developmental acquisition of English vocabulary and grammar; To increase the accuracy and efficiency of outcome recording; To provide practical therapy support ideas and strategies.
Getting Involved – An overview of dysfluency (stammering) in your setting .
Ideal for all staff.
Aims: To raise awareness of stammering in the setting; Theoretical background and general information; Factors that can increase and decrease stammering; To give some practical strategies to implement in the classroom where appropriate.
Sound Awareness Programme – Level 1 (SAP1) .
Ideal for Early Years/ KS1 staff who intend to lead the Sound Awareness programme.
Aims: To provide an overview of the sound awareness programme; To support staff in delivering sessions; To familiarise selected staff with the SAP resources, forms and recording methods; To give some practical strategies to implement where appropriate.
Communication Screening Tool.
Ideal for Early Years staff.
Aims: To provide an overview of the theoretical underpinning of the Screening Tool; To support selected staff be able to use the screen in an efficient and effective manner, (including restrictions and license details); To provide an element of consistency between referrers; To rapidly assesses receptive/expressive language skills as well as speech skills; To identify appropriate children to refer to N.E.W.Options, (In turn reducing inappropriate referrals, resulting in improving financial budgets and treatment times); To give some practical strategies to implement where appropriate.
Vocabulary Improvement Programme – Level 1 (VIP1) and Level 2 (VIP2).
Ideal for early Years/ KS1 staff who intend to lead the Vocabulary Improvement programme.
Aims: To provide an overview of the Vocabulary Improvement programme; To support staff in delivering sessions; To familiarise selected staff with the VIP resources, forms and recording methods; To give some practical strategies to implement where appropriate.
Vocabulary Improvement Programme – Level 3 (VIP3)
Ideal for KS3-KS5 staff who intend to lead the Vocabulary Improvement programme.
Aims: To provide an overview of the Vocabulary Improvement programme; To support staff in delivering sessions; To familiarise selected staff with the VIP resources, forms and recording methods; To give some practical strategies to implement where appropriate.