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Web seminar: Reading skills for children with Down syndrome (5 to 11 years)

This web seminar provides a live presentation on reading skills for children with Down syndrome (5 to 11 years), followed by an interactive discussion between participants and expert panellists.

About the web seminar

This web seminar offers a live group consultation with expert practitioners focused on reading skills for children with Down syndrome (5 to 11 years). The web seminar covers the following areas:

  • Effective ways to get reading started.
  • How to develop a reading vocabulary. How to develop phonic skills, decoding and spelling strategies.
  • How to ensure that reading comprehension keeps pace with reading accuracy.
  • How to use reading activities to develop spoken language skills.
  • Adapting class literacy teaching.
  • The benefits of supported literacy.

This web seminar is suitable for teachers, teaching assistants, educational/school psychologists, speech and language therapists/pathologists, other health and education professionals, representatives of support groups and families seeking detailed information. It is available to participants worldwide.

Each session lasts 1.5 hours, including 50-60 minutes for the live presentation and 30-40 minutes for the interactive discussion. Participants can submit questions during the session.

Web seminars are provided online with a choice of Internet or telephone audio services. For telephone audio, we offer toll-free access in 48 countries*. Participants receive downloadable presentation handouts and resource lists.

Seminar availability

This web seminar is available on the following dates:

Find out more

Web seminars

Find out more about our other web seminars on the education and development of children with Down syndrome (5 to 11 years):

  1. What does research tell us about the specific learning needs of children with Down syndrome (5 to 11 years)?
  2. Speech, language and communication skills for children with Down syndrome (5 to 11 years)
  3. Number, maths and memory skills for children with Down syndrome (5 to 11 years)
  4. What does research tell us about teaching children with Down syndrome to read (5 to 11 years)?
  5. Reading skills for children with Down syndrome (5 to 11 years)
  6. Evidence for the benefits of inclusion in education for children with Down syndrome and the keys to success (5 to 11 years)
  7. Strategies for accessing the curriculum - adaptations, resources and differentiation (5 to 11 years)
  8. Motor skills and independence for children with Down syndrome (5 to 11 years)
  9. Social development and behaviour for children with Down syndrome (5 to 11 years)
  10. Looking forward: How do we support full inclusion and meaningful lives for children with Down syndrome (5 to 11 years)?

Courses of web seminars

We also offer a comprehensive course consisting of all 10 of these web seminars on education, therapy and support for children with Down syndrome (5 to 11 years).

Online Advice Sessions

During 2010 we plan to start offering online interactive Advice Sessions providing live group consultations with expert practitioners focused on specific issues and areas of development for young people with Down syndrome.

 

(* Restrictions apply - please see our online services help for details)