



Working with Children with Communication needs – The role of the Teacher within the Preschool Classroom setting

Targets: Schoolteachers and teaching assistants, working with children in an educational setting that have communication difficulties and needs.

Objective: Develop understanding of speech, language and communication and how they develop as well as identifying and working with children who have communication needs, including those with communication difficulties associated with a diagnosis, i.e. autism, developmental delay, dyspraxia.

Outline: 2 x 3-hour seminar that covers the following:

  • Overview of communication, interaction and language and what they mean
  • How and why we interact and communicate
  • Overview of communication and it’s relevance in education
  • Milestones children reach as they learn language
  • An overview of speech, language and communication difficulties
  • Identifying when there should be a concern regarding a child’s communication, speech, language or interaction
  • Language difficulties associated with specific developmental disorders:
    1. Autism
    2. Developmental delay
    3. Down Syndrome
    4. Speech delays/disorders
  • The role of the speech therapist in the classroom
  • Creating a communication friendly learning environment, including:
    1. Visual aids
    2. Teaching techniques
    3. Language use
  • Overview of strategies to facilitate communication in non verbal children, such as:
    1. Signing
    2. Picture based communication
    3. Technology, communication and learning
  • Resources that encourage language and learning




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