Skills in Depth: Promoting speech, language and literacy
across the curriculum from 5 to 11 years (key stages 1 and 2)
This page provides the planned programme and session
summaries for the Promoting speech, language and literacy
across the curriculum ' Key stages 1 and 2 (5 to 11 years)
training course.
Introduction
The Skills in Depth - Promoting speech, language and
literacy training course provides the practical knowledge
and skills necessary to enable participants to successfully
plan, develop and deliver teaching programmes to teach reading
and writing, and to incorporate goals into the curriculum for
all aspects of speech and language development.
Each workshop aims to provide practical approaches to
promoting development, presenting evidence-based strategies and
techniques wherever possible.
Parallel sessions
Delegates may select from the parallel sessions to tailor the
course content to best meet their needs. We recommend that
organisations consider sending two members of staff so they can
attend all parallel sessions to ensure full coverage of all
issues raised.
Please note: delegates will receive a course booklet that
will include summaries of the content of all parallel sessions,
not just the ones attended.
Programme
Content of each session
Keynote
1. What do we know about speech, language
and literacy development for children with Down syndrome? The
links between them and the evidence for effective practical
approaches
- A brief overview of the way in which speech, language,
memory and literacy skills develop
- The speech, language and communication needs of children
with Down syndrome
- Reading achievements and other benefits of literacy
teaching
Parallel workshops
2a. Developing spoken language
- The links between vocabulary and grammar development '
the importance of achieving a core vocabulary
- Assessment and target setting for developing vocabulary,
grammar and speech production
- Setting separate targets for comprehension and
production activities
- Ways to teach new vocabulary and grammar
- Using signs as a bridge to talking
2b. Introducing reading - the first 50
words
- Learning a sight vocabulary
- Learning about letters
- Teaching methods, materials, practice and rates of
progress
- Building short sentences and reading for meaning
3a. Learning language across the
curriculum
- Planning for language learning
- Targeting vocabulary for the curriculum
- Finding and developing resources
- Supported literacy activities ' how to do it and the
benefits
3b. Teaching phonics and spelling
- Learning about letters and sounds
- Learning about sounds in words
- Phonics teaching programmes
- Learning to spell
4a. Developing memory skills for
listening and learning
- Improving verbal short-term memory
- Developing attention
- Strategies, games and resources to improve remembering
- Compensating for verbal memory weaknesses
- Using visual memory strengths
4b. Learning to write
- Developing hand-writing and fine motor skills
- Supported writing, including information communication
technology (ICT) and other resources
- Independent writing
5a. Developing personal reading and
communication skills
- Making personal books including conversation diaries
- Using personal materials to develop communication skills
- Using social stories
- Working in partnership with parents
5b. Developing reading and language
comprehension
- Using reading to develop sentence comprehension and text
comprehension
- Activities to support sentence comprehension
- Activities to support text comprehension
- Supported listening
- Resources including graded reading books
Please note: Down Syndrome Education Internationalreserves
the right to alter this planned programme and the content of
each session, if necessary, in order to provide the best
possible service to the delegates booked into any one training
event..
How to book
To book a place on this training course, contact us by
email or telephone