TRAINING AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Training day for parents and professionals - social skills and social stories for children and young people with SLCN
Afasic Cymru are delighted than Alex Kelly has agreed to deliver 2 training days in Wales. The first training day will be held @ Oriel House Hotel, St Asaph, North Wales on Tuesday September 28th 2010 and duplicated @ Holiday Inn, Newport on Tuesday 7th December 2010.
This 1 day course aims to introduce you to social skills and discuss how they develop. Alex will also look at effective intervention e.g. running groups, social stories, peer support, the environment.
Alex Kelly is a speech and language therapist with 25 years experience of working with people with social skills difficulties. She is the author of the best selling TALKABOUT resources: Talkabout, Talkabout Activities, Talkabout Relationships, Talkabout DVD and Talkabout for Teenagers. She runs her own business providing social skills training and consultancy work. Alex was a keynote speaker at Afasic Cymru’s Conference last November and was well received by both parents and professionals. In response to the evaluation of conference, we are delighted to welcome Alex back.
For more info or to book a place at the training day, please contact Yvonne for the North Wales Training OR contact Jeannette for South Wales Training.
Numbers are strictly limited to a max of 50 delegates, therefore applications will be dealt with on a first come, first served basis.
Booking form - 28 September 2010
Booking form - 7 December 2010
Intensive Interaction
When: 20th October 2010
Speaker: Dr David Hewett
Venue: Glyndwr University
Wrexham
Cost: Professional £105 Parent of child with ASD £35
This course will be of interest to staff of all disciplines who work with adults and children with severe learning difficulties, including social services staff, teachers and assistants, nurses, staff from voluntary organisations, therapists and indeed parents and other carers. The focus is on the communication needs of people who have not achieved use nor perhaps understanding of speech and who may be “difficult to reach” in various ways.
Intensive Interaction is an approach where the member of staff is seen as the main teaching resource, using personal qualities of face, voice and body language to involve the learner in progressive sequences of interactive activities. These activities provide the person with learning difficulties with the opportunity to learn the pre-speech fundamentals of communication such as enjoying being with another person, giving sustained attention, turn-taking, use and understanding of eye contacts, facial expressions, body language and non-verbal signalling.
Care Co-ordination Network UK - Wales Conference development week - 25-29 October 2010
The networking organisation Care Co-ordination Network UK (CCNUK) which supports disabled children and their families are currently starting to work on their ‘CCNUK Wales’ Conference’ which will take place March 2011. Their last conference, ‘Moving On’ was a great success due to the participation of young people and their excellent presentations. In order to make the ‘CCNUK Wales’ Conference’ an even better success young people with additional learning needs are required to be part of a team who will plan, develop our conference and take part on the day itself.
CCNUK have booked the Stackpole Centre, Pembrokeshire during October half-term, Monday 25th – Friday 29th October 2010. This will be a FREE event and there will be no charge for the young people and their support during the week in Stackpole, including transport to and from the centre. CCNUK want to know:
- Interested in being part of a team to plan, develop and deliver our conference.
- Aged 14-30 and live in Wales.
- A person with additional learning needs or a physical disability.
- Going through transition into adulthood.
- Have gone through transition into adulthood.
- Have or currently experience the support of a transition key worker.
If you answer ‘Yes’ to any of the above and would like to get involve in helping to plan the conference please contact Liz Walker on (029) 2048 6920 or send an email. For further information please visit www.ccnuk.org.uk , thank you.
Positive Behavioural Support and ASD
16th November 2010
With
John Clements
The National Botanic Garden of Wales,
Carmarthen
This seminar will promote an increased understanding of the links between ASD and behaviour. It will provide a toolbox of practical strategies to use in the school, home or workplace and offer approaches to manage mood, anxiety & anger. It will benefit practitioners working with individuals with ASD of all ages, who engage in behaviours regarded as challenging, irrespective of ability or specific diagnosis. It will also be of use to parents of individuals with ASD.
Booking form and further information
Dyscalculia - maths as a language
Training day facilitated by Professor Amanda Kirby,
of The Dyscovery Centre, University of Newport.
Date: Wednesday 1 December 2010 at Oriel House, St Asaph.
Have you ever thought about mathematics being a language that you need to understand and decode just like reading and spelling? Find out about the different aspects of mathematics, why difficulties arise and practical ways of supporting the child in the classroom and at home.
For more info send a message to Yvonne or phone on 01745 550461.
Booking form - English
Booking form - Welsh
“Disorders of Language and Literacy – where is the overlap?”
With Maggie Johnson
Date: Tuesday 7 December 2010
Venue: Hilton Bristol, Woodlands Lane, Bradley Stoke, Bristol BS32 4JF
Cost: Professionals: £85, Parents: £25 (£20 for Parent members of Afasic)
This study day illustrates that often children with diagnoses of language disorder, autistic spectrum disorder, dyslexia and dyspraxia appear to have as much in common as they do distinguishing characteristics.
Maggie presents a unique model of language acquisition which has helped teachers, parents and support workers to develop a greater understanding of both the complex issues involved in diagnosis, and their role in providing appropriate support. The implications for assessment and diagnosis of speech and language disorders are discussed, together with suggestions for both formal and informal assessment procedures.
Dyspraxia Training Day
Facilitated by Professor Amanda Kirby,
of The Dyscovery Centre, University of Newport.
Date:
Wednesday 23 February 2011 in South Wales
(venue to be confirmed)
Co-ordination difficulties affect around 6% of children and can have an effect on every aspect of their day both at school and at home Find out about the latest research and understanding in the field, along with 1001 practical ways of support for the child, family and school through all the ages and stages. For teaching and support staff, SENCo’s, speech & language therapists and assistants, health professionals, pre-school and voluntary sector organisations and parents/carers.
For more info send a message to Jeannette or phone on 029 2046 5854.
Parent Information Sessions
A number of parent training sessions are taking place from June 2010 to April 2011. Full details of the sessions and contact details are in the documents below:
For more information on North Wales events please contact Yvonne on 01745 550461 or by email. For South Wales events, please contact Jeannette on 02920 465854 or by email.