:Description

This 90-minute webinar will offer practical information to help build your confidence in how to support students who do not yet know most of the letters, most of the time. This could be do to a wide range of factors including intellectual disability, complex needs, dyslexia, or having missed out on the type of structured literacy instruction that they needed when they were younger. This will not be a substitute for a structured literacy approach in your school, but rather an introduction to key skills that you can use during reading and writing activities during the day to supplement literacy instruction.

There will be time for question and answers throughout the session.

Location

Zoom! We’ll send through the link one day prior to the email provided when you sign up!

Dates

* 26 Jun 2024 - 7:30-9:00 pm

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to

Describe the importance of literacy for students with disabilities
Understand that even if you can't speak, you can be on a journey towards reading and writing
Demonstrate how to segment and blend words into sound and sounds into words
Describe the difference between emergent literacy and comprehensive literacy
Describe 5 different evidenced-based activities to support early literacy
List 4 common literacy activities in class that research suggests we should replace (and describe the new ways)
Describe how learning language and learning literacy skills need to go hand in hand

Set Competency Categories

The Ministry of Education has identified 12 competency categories. This webinar covers the following categories:

Communication
Inclusion
Learning support
Languages

Payment

For those who are using the Teaching Aide PLD fund from the Ministry of Education, select one of free ARN number ticket types. We'll invoice the Ministry of Education directly for the course after you attend. You will need to apply for travel, release time, etc directly from the Ministry of Education. For more information about this process, go to http://inclusive-communication.co.nz/courses or directly to the Ministry’s website https://pld.education.govt.nz/find-pld/teacher-aide-professional-learning-and-development-fund-2023-2024/#007

Courses are also open to the general public – just select the private pay option!

Refunds and cancellations:

You can cancel and organise a refund 7 days before the session through Humanitix
We reserve the right to reschedule or cancel a session if there are too few people registered 7 days prior.
If we need to cancel due to illness or unforeseen events, we’ll email you and offer a refund and option to reschedule for another date.

Presenter Bio

Shannon Hennig is a registered speech-language therapist who specialises in neurodiversity, inclusive education practice, assistive technology, and communication challenges. She has wealth of knowledge around how to support young people with language and communication needs. She previously has worked as a teaching aide herself and has 20 years of experience working in classrooms in both primary and secondary. She is known for providing informative PLD content that emphasises practical strategies that can immediately be put into practice.

For a full list of our online webinars and in-person workshops, please check out our website

http://inclusive-communication.co.nz/courses