Strictly Pragmatics: Conversation Skills & Therapy Ideas (Early Years and Key Stage 1)
Join an online Study Day focusing on Pragmatic Development and extending conversation skills in the Early Years and Key Stage 1.
Explore Therapy approaches within a neurodivergent framework.
This course is designed to help therapists enhance communication abilities in young learners. Discover ways to determine individual practical strategies and engage in small group discussions with colleagues.
The development of pragmatic communication and different ways of processing and developing the lifeskill of conversation about everyday activities and events.
There is some overlap with scripts and schemas and non directive therapy.
Ruth shares insights from her practical experience in this field of language and social, interactive communication.
Don’t miss this opportunity to boost your knowledge and refresh your therapy portfolio to impact on children’s social communication development.
Strictly Pragmatics: Conversation Skills & Therapy Ideas (School Aged Children)
Join an online Study Day focusing on Pragmatic Skills and extending conversation skills for children at the end of Key Stage 1 and into Key Stage 2.
Explore how to evaluate and facilitate conversation within a neurodivergent framework.
This course is designed to help therapists enhance specific conversational flow.
Discover ways to determine individual practical strategies. There is opportunity for networking and small group discussions with colleagues.
The development of pragmatic conversation skills and different ways of processing and developing conversation about everyday activities and events. There is some overlap with narrative therapy.
Ruth shares insights from her practical experience in this field of language and social, interactive communication.
Don’t miss this opportunity to boost your knowledge and refresh your therapy portfolio to impact on children’s social communication development.
ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy) Applied in Speech & Language Therapy
An introduction to ACT and discovering we know more than we realise as SLTs
Following several years applying Positive Therapy/Psychology strategies Ruth, the Course Tutor attended ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy) training and joined ACBS (Association for Contextual Behavioural Science).
This Study Day is about finding out more about ACT and considering ways of applying Mindfulness & ACT in SLT. Application in supporting families , social-emotional difficulties, Voice, Fluency , Adults coping with impact of disability, Autistic Adults.* ACT is especially useful for those living with chronic conditions.
How we support each other in a Team will also be covered. There is more of this in ARCs Strengthen Skills (Advanced Supervision Study Day) but the basics will be explored on this course.
Motivation and Mindsets for Change: making therapy programs successful
Join us for this Study Day focusing on exploring the keys to success in speech and language therapy programs.
Explore a range of effective strategies to motivate clients and develop mindsets for effective commitment and change.
Ruth the Course Leader has been interested in this area for some time. What makes the difference between success and failure in similar clients/families? Should we communicate differently about the point of therapy and goals? Are there ways of preventing relapse for clients with longer term conditions.
This Study Day is about sharing ideas, gaining insights into motivation and mindsets. There will be opportunities to network with colleagues in small group discussions.
This is an opportunity to consider different ways of creating , presenting and supporting therapy programs .
For any queries on any of the above please don’t hesitate to contact us
Speech & Language Therapy Training & Development 