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Introduction to Speech, Language and Communication Needs

  • Online
  • 04 Feb 2021 (12:00 - 12:30)

This session, suitable for SENCOs, teachers and support staff, will introduce  Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN), how they might be identified and some introductory ideas for support. 

What will this course cover? 

  • What SLCN as a broad area of need is and how you might identify it 
  • How SLCN affect learning 
  • Some simple, broad strategies to support pupils with SLCN 

What are the potential benefits to you and the children or young people you work with? 

  • You will have a basic understanding of this area of need 
  • You will feel more confident in identifying possible SLCN 
  • Pupils with SLCN are more likely to have their needs met effectively 

Suitable for: Inclusion Manager/Leader, SENCO, Support staff, Teacher

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This course is FREE with SEND CPD on Demand

Dr James Galpin

Meet your trainer

Dr James Galpin

Jamie is an Education Officer at nasen and leads on the development and delivery of the organisations CPDL programme. He is also a chartered Developmental Psychologist who specialises in universal difficulties that children and young people experience. He has been working with children and young people with SEN for the past 18 years. Whilst working both as an SEN teaching assistant and then as an SEN teacher, he completed his Master’s degree in Child Development. His interest in the practical applications of research then led him to complete a Master’s in Research in Education. Jamie went on to complete his PhD in Developmental Psychology where his focus was on emotion in children’s drawings and the relationship between language and drawing. Jamie continues to work in developing practice-based evidence and putting theory into practice in education. 

Jamie has delivered CPDL to a range of education professionals including teachers, supports staff, SENCOs and other senior leaders on a range of SEND related topics