Testimonials
Workshops For Parents
Understanding your child’s difficulties and strengths and having a toolbox of skills to hand makes a positive difference to family life and helps your child cope with the challenges life brings.
We will be hosting a monthly lunchtime workshop at The LightHouse Clinic for parents. Contact us to find out about us visiting your parent support group.
Some of the topics that parents have indicated were helpful included:
- Fussy eaters
- Healthy eating
- Teaching your child to chill
- Fostering friendships
- What is a Speech and Language delay/disorder?
- What is a Developmental delay/disorder?
- What is sensory processing?
- Speech sounds and the importance in literacy development
- Phonological awareness skills in the classroom
- Tips to develop drawing and writing skills
- Climbing, jumping and playing with confidence
Workshops For Teachers, Teaching Assistants And Nursery Staff
We can visit your organisation contribute to inset days, twilight or lunch time sessions. As we have a pool of experts working alongside each other, we can tailor sessions to your requirements. Here are some of the topics that could be included in workshops sessions:
- The art of relaxation and how it relates to learning
- Emotional development
- Play as the childhood occupation
- Fostering friendships
- What is a Speech and Language delay/disorder?
- What is a Developmental delay/disorder?
- What is sensory processing and why does it matter in the classroom?
- Speech sounds and the importance in literacy development
- Phonological awareness skills in the classroom
- Social communication and the playground
- Visual support, signing and symbols in the classroom
- Handwriting skills for today
- Won’t write, can’t write – helping children who struggle to record their thoughts, ideas and feelings
Preschool And School Training
Our team of highly specialized Therapists can provide schools and individuals, with training in a variety of training opportunities to better equip them for working individual client groups.
We would be happy to visit schools and deliver training to teachers. This will provide them with the information and strategies to maximize children’s learning progress.
Our Speech and Language Therapists offer training specifically for working with children who experience difficulties in the following areas –
- Speech and Language delay/disorder
- Developmental delay/disorder
- Speech sounds and literacy development
- Phonological awareness skills
- Social communication
- Signs and symbols
Training can be provided for students using -
- Communication systems
- Low tech communication
- High tech communication
Our Occupational Therapists can offer training in the following areas -
- Sensory integration
- Hand writing programmes
- Hoisting and manual handling,
- Fine and gross motor skills
Makaton Signing Training For Parents And Carers
Makaton uses speech, signs and symbols to help support children and adults with communication difficulties.
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Makaton has signs that can help people who have no speech, who’s speech is unclear or to help improve understanding by using signs when giving instructions. Symbols can also be used to support communication in many different ways. Using symbols can help people who have limited speech and those who cannot or prefer not to sign.
Signs and symbols give extra information which can be seen.
Research has shown that signs and gestures are easier to learn than spoken words. Babies use gestures before they can speak, to tell us what they want, for example pointing at the biscuit tin or holding out arms to be lifted up. Makaton can help if a child or adult has difficulties with understanding and speaking. Through Makaton, they are able to develop important communication skills. (The Makaton Charity)
Our Speech and Language Therapist at the LightHouse clinic is a Local Makaton Tutor. She is therefore able to provide Makaton Parent and Carer workshops and training in how to use Makaton signing and symbols. Contact us today for details on the next course.
Elklan Training
Pat Broughton is an experienced speech and language therapist and an recognised ELKLAN trainer. We can provide ELKLAN training for teachers and learning support assistants - Children with speech and language and communication difficulties need trained adults supporting them to enable them to enjoy and learn every day. ELKLAN works to support parents, education and health staff in meeting the communication needs of children from 2-16 years. Contact us today for details on the next course
