This is a one-day course for resource teachers and mainstream teachers. This course will provide a substantial understanding of teaching and learning for students with Language and Communication difficulties. It will focus on understanding the impact it has on the student in a number of settings.
Anticipated Outcomes
Participants will:
- Understand what is meant by Language and Communication Difficulties
- Understand the impact of a Language and Communication Difficulty
- Examine the importance of student profiling and identification of individual student planning
- Understand the importance of focused and adapted assessment in establishing a baseline for students with Language and Communication Difficulties
- Explore the concept of 'prioritising' for students in relation to teaching and learning for students with Language and Communication difficulties
- Understand the need to plan to meet the needs of their students with Language and Communication Difficulties and consider a range of different planning techniques
- Be introduced to a range of effective strategies for improving teaching and learning for students with Language and Communication Difficulties
Course Outline and Content
This course will;
- Explain the terminology associated with Language and Communication difficulties
- Look at the impact of Language and Communication difficulties on their students
- Examine the arising implication in planning to meet the needs of these students
- Explore methods for profiling students with Language and Communication difficulties
- Look at various forms of assessment as a method of establishing baseline attainment
- Look at effective ways for preparing individual/group learning plans for students
- Understand effective target setting and understand the need to prioritise needs in order to ensure target attainment
- Look at the role of adapted and focused assessment in tracking student attainment and progress, preferred student learning styles, areas of strength and difficulty
- Present participants with the idea of a strategies toolbox for students at school, classroom and individual level
- Look at the importance of planning for effective teaching and learning for students with Language and Communication difficulties
Information for Applicants
Participants will require permission from the Board of Management to attend. Typically, substitution for this seminar will only be allowed to classroom teachers who have primary responsibility for students with a special educational need and if it is deemed absolutely essential by the principal.Typically substitution will only be allocated to non - substitute teachers
Payment is not available to teachers in a substitute capacity Registration: 9.00 AM
Start: 9.15 AM
Finish: 4.00 PM
Available Dates and Venues