10am to 3.30pm
£300 PER PERSON INCLUDING LUNCHES AND REFRESHMENTS
(any person or organisation who may find difficulty with fees please contact us as some concessions may be available)
The Griffin Inn,Barkisland,West Yorkshire. HX4 0AQ
Please contact us for availability
This course has had a major impact on everyone who has attended. It covers a wide range of communication and learning issues for the disabled students and adults in the community. These include: Using Alternative and Augmentative Communication (with lots of practice at making communication and learning aids), How to help people with motor planning (movement) issues, practical advice on differentiating the curriculum, Improving your assessment procedures and record keeping, Person Centred Support, and lots more!
DAY 1
10.00 Using low, medium and high tech aids.
10.30 Presentation describing AAC.
11.15 Break
11.30 The power of YES and NO. Why More and Stop is not enough.
11.45 Sensory Stories
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Error Free choice making starting with “value added” cause and effect. Activity demonstrating mixed ability teaching using AAC.
2.00 Access issues and different ways to use AAC
2.30 Demonstration of Grid2, Widgit software and Boardmaker
3.00 Making low tech boards
3.30 Finish
DAY 2
10.00 Presentation on Teaching Literacy
11.15 Break
11.30 Activity making literacy resources using Grid 2 and Widgit
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Motor planning training/ Neuro motor issues
2.30 The ladder, a mechanism for understanding movement issues and a tool for differentiating the curriculum.
3.00 Presentation of Tracy Morvinson’s work in Wigan mainstream and special schools.
3.30 Finish.
DAY 3
10.00 An activity using Grid 2 and Widgit to differentiate the curriculum using the Ladder.
11.15 Break
11.30 Liz Wilson will introduce the Social Model of Disability and Person Centred Planning.
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Social Model of Disability and Person Centred Planning.
3.30 Finish
Meet the trainers:
Marion Stanton is the author of "The Cerebral Palsy Handbook" and a Lecturer in Special Education. She has worked in occupational therapy as well as teaching. Marion has been delivering training in AAC and education for the past 16 years and works closely with Dr. Rosemary Crossley of the DEAL communication Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
Tracy Morvinson is the communication co-ordinator at Hope School in Wigan. She was responsible for re writing the school's Early Years Policy and is a key figure in the schools continued sucess with their pupils.
Liz Wilson works for a parent led organisation in Yorkshire. She is also an independent inclusion and person centred planning trainer, consultant and facilitator.
The content of this course is based on the module on the BA in Professional Development in Education Course that we present at Bolton University. Accreditation with Bolton will incur an extra cost. To take the course at Bolton follow this link: http://www.contactcandle.co.uk/page15.htm
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