Training for parents, carers and practitioners

• Overview of early language development in children under 5 years.
• Practical advice and strategies for parents and practitioners to support their child’s early language development.

• Suitable for families and practitioners of children over 2½ years who have concerns about their child’s pronunciation of sounds or words.
• Brief overview of typical speech-sound development in children.
• Practical advice and strategies for parents and practitioners for supporting their child’s speech sound development.

• Suitable for families and practitioners who are concerned about their child’s fluency development.
• General information and advice for parents and practitioners for supporting their child’s fluency development.

• Suitable for those interested in finding out about Makaton or who would like to attend a beginners or foundation workshop at a later date.
• General information about Makaton, who uses it and how to use Makaton in your setting or at home.
• Learn around 30 signs and symbols.

• Suitable for families and practitioners who’ve noticed their child is shy, quiet or anxious about talking.
• Suitable for families or practitioners who are concerned about their child’s confidence to speak in some situations.
• Practical advice and strategies for parents and practitioners to support their child’s confidence with talking.

• Suitable for families or practitioners working with children who speak an additional language.
• Advice and strategies to support children who speak more than one language.

These social communication workshops are facilitated by speech and language therapists and the Early Start special educational needs and disability (SEND) and Inclusion Team.

They are suitable for parents who:

• Are waiting for speech language therapy and a child development team assessment
• Are concerned about their child’s social and communication skills
• Have not completed the EarlyBird training to support a child recently diagnosed with autism - the EarlyBird programme is for parents whose child has received a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder and is aged under 5 years
• Want practical advice to support their child’s communication skills, sleeping, eating, and toileting.

We’ll share practical strategies to support your child’s:

• Communication needs
• Sensory needs
• Sleep times, toileting, eating and drinking needs
• How to create opportunities for successful outings.

Find out more on the National Autistic Society website

• Suitable for families or practitioners working with children with complex communication needs.
• Advice and strategies to support children with complex communication needs.