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Communication and Learning For All
6 day course
2010
September 20th&21st,October 18th&19th,November 23rd&24th
at the delightful setting of Cartmel Racecourse in Cumbria.
Details at
DAY 1
Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) including:
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9.30 to 10.30 What is AAC? Practical activity using Low, Light and High tech communication aids and brief introduction to AAC.
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10.30 to 10.45 break
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10.45 to 12.30 Gillian Hazell, Speech and Language Therapist with many years experience in AAC, will show us a range of low tech communication book designs as well as examine the range of pre made vocabularies that are available.
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12.30 to 1.30 LUNCH
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1.30 to 2.30 Continuing the session with Gillian Hazell exploring low tech AAC
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2.30 to 2.45 break
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2.45 to 3.15 Introduce the making of communication boards and practical activity making low tech communication boards.
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3.15 to 4.00 Introducing Boardmaker and Communicate in Print.
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HOMEWORK: Use demo versions of Boardmaker or Communicate in Print to make low tech communication pages.*
DAY 2
Specialist approaches to learning and communication:
- 9.30 to 10.30 Overview of approaches in special education including PEC’s, Conductive Education and Social stories.
- 10.30 to 10.45 break
- 10.45 to 11.45 Using sensory stories effectively.
- 11.45 to 12.30 Using different levels of AAC inclusively to help every student to participate in storytelling.
- 12.30 to 1.30 LUNCH
- 1.30 to 2.30 Introducing Talking Mats and Chat Cards
- 2.30 to 2.45 break
- 2.45 to 4.00 Introducing Grid 2 and practical activity using Grid 2.
- HOMEWORK: Use demo copy of Grid 2 to make 2 pages: 1 for communication and 1 to support learning.*
DAY THREE
Making mainstream opportunities available to people with special needs:
o 9.30 to 10.30 Teaching reading. Specialist approaches that can be used to help even the most severely learning disabled person acquire some literacy skills. Includes examples of ways you can use Office Software for differentiation.
o 10.30 to 10.45 break
- 10.45 to 12.30 Using Grid 2, Text Help Gold and the Widgit Communicate Series to differentiate the KS3 mainstream curriculum. Other software including First Keys, Cloze Pro and Math Pad.
- 12.30 to 1.30 LUNCH
- 1.30 to 2.30 Practical activities using software.
- 2.30 to 2.45 break
- 2.45 to 4.00 Practical activities using software.
- HOMEWORK: Use software of your choice to differentiate a piece of work from the mainstream curriculum for:
· A young person who has learning difficulties.
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· A young person who is cognitively able and uses AAC.
DAY FOUR
Understanding Movement and Communication Difficulty, Motor Planning Training.
o 9.30 to 10.30 Presented by experienced Special Needs Teacher, Tracy Morvinson: Neuro motor difficulties explained with supports we can offer and ways of fading support.
o 10.30 to 10.45 break
o 10.45 to 11.30 Neuro Motor Difficulties continued.
o 11.30 to 12.30 Introducing the Ladder.
o 1.30 to 2.30 Continuing the Ladder.
o 2.30 to 2.45 break
o 2.45 to 4.00 Practical activity using the ladder
Homework: Fill in a neuro motor form for a person you know.*
DAY FIVE
Breaks will be at the same times as previous days.
10.30 to 10.45 break
12.30 to 1.30 LUNCH
2.30 TO 2.45 break
This day will be led by Liz Wilson who will introduce us to a range of planning tools which help people to problem solve and work towards the realisation of their dreams. These may include: Communication Charts, Solution Circles, Circles of Support, Road Maps for planning and Planning Alternative Futures with Hope (PATH). These tools can be used in times of change or to help us too understand and support a young person effectively such as:
· Transition from home to school, between school phases, to adult services.
· As Part of the annual review and/or IEP process.
· To support young people who might be in danger of isolation to be more included and enjoy social interaction with peers.
· To help us create positive experiences and opportunities for a person who finds communicating their wishes difficult.
DAY SIX
Breaks will be at the same times as previous days.
10.30 to 10.45 break
12.30 to 1.30 LUNCH
2.30 TO 2.45 break
Disability Equality in Education.
This morning session is led by Alan Martin and introduces the social model of disability and ways in which disability equality can become a reality in the educational setting.
The afternoon will be led by Marion Stanton.
1.30 Least Dangerous Assumption. This is a way of thinking that makes positive assumptions about a person’s understanding and potential.
2.00 Pupil Progress Plan. This is a tool which is designed to make the annual review and IEP process successful by ensuring that the thinking around a student’s needs is clearly delineated.
2.45 Dynamic Assessment. This is an approach to assessment which recognises that we find out more about a person’s ability and potential when we measure what they can do with help and assess what help they need rather than measuring what they can do independently. This tool allows us to aim high for pupils and encourages the scaffolding of learning.
3.30 Summing up, ways forward and certification.
4.00 Finish
* Homework only applies to those who are undertaking the whole course with an aim of gaining certification.
Meet the trainers:
Marion Stanton is the author of "The Cerebral Palsy Handbook" and a lecturer, trainer and assessor in Special Education. She has worked in nursing, adult services and occupational therapy as well as teaching. Marion has been delivering training in AAC and education for the past 19 years and has worked closely with Dr. Rosemary Crossley of the DEAL Communication Centre in Melbourne, Australia. She is currently the lead trainer and assessor for Communication and Learning Enterprises: www.contactcandle.co.uk
Gillian Hazell is a highly respected Speech and Language Therapist with over twenty years experience in the field of AAC. She has worked in a school for physically disabled children, at The Ace Centre (Oxford) and co-ordinated the referrals, throughout England, for the SCOPE CAP team. She is also the editor of the “Communication Assessment Materials” produced by SCOPE. Gillian has knowledge of a wide range of signs, graphic symbols and voice output communication aids.
Alan Martin is a Dance Performer, Dance Workshop Leader and Disability Equality Trainer. To the best of his knowledge he is unique as the only Workshop Leader in the UK who uses an electric wheelchair and an electronic communication aid to run sessions. He also starred in the BBC3 Comedy Series "I'm With Stupid". You can find out more about Alan on his website at: http://www.mouseonthemove.co.uk/
Tracy Morvinson is the communication co-ordinator at Hope Special School in Wigan. She was responsible for re writing the school's Early Years Policy and is a key figure in the schools continued success with their pupils.
Liz Wilson is a consultant with specialist knowledge of techniques to support person centred planning as well as a strong commitment to disability equality.
COURSE FEES ARE £99 FOR ANY ONE DAY OR £499 FOR ALL SIX DAYS INCLUSIVE OF REFRESHMENTS AND BUFFET LUNCH
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