What Workshops and Trainings do we offer?
Kindy Transition Workshop
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About this workshop:
This workshop is designed for parents who are supporting children moving from preschool and daycare into their first year of school. The workshop will cover:
- The components of language
- Why is language important for learning?
- What language and social skills are required in the lead-up to kindergarten and the classroom?
- What can we do as parents to develop our children’s language skills and get them ready for school?
Supporting Children with Communication Differences
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This workshop is available to both parents and educators wanting to further their understanding and skills in supporting preschool and school aged children with communication differences. Our presenters combine their experience as allied health professionals, and trainings in neurodiverse affirming therapy approaches to ensure attendees are well equipped to nurture and advocate for their child’s communication preferences. Some of the topics we cover include:
- Understanding my child’s communication profile using a strengths based approach
- Moving beyond requesting. Understanding and appreciating communicative functions and modalities
- Understanding and using total communication
- Understanding and supporting the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) at home, in the community and in educational settings
- Reframing goals and therapy
- Looking at accommodations and supports to integrate across a range of settings
Behaviour and Regulation
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This workshop is available to both parents and educators wanting to further their understanding and skills in supporting preschool and school aged children with behaviour and regulation challenges. Some of the topics we cover include:
- Understanding behaviour and regulation through a neurodiverse affiming lens
- Genuine connection with your child
- Fostering positive behaviours
- Your child’s toolkit to effective communication: a total communication approach
- Understanding the cycle of escalation including what happens in each phase, how to respond at each stage and how to prevent a crisis
- Safety and minimising harm during crisis moments
Speech and Language in the Home and Learning Environment
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This workshop is one of our most highly requested workshops. Our presenters help attendees answer the following questions:
- What is speech and language?
- Why is speech and language so important to learning?
- What speech, language and literacy skills are required in the lead up to Kindergarten and in the classroom?
- What can you as care givers do to develop speech, language and literacy skills?