ONLINE: Palin PCI For Children Under 7

Online Learning

This workshop will run across 4 ONLINE sessions from 5.00pm-9.00pm NZST

Session 1 – Monday 22nd April 2024

Session 2 – Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Session 3 – Monday 29th April 2024

Session 4 – Tuesday 30th April 2024

Sessions will be live (5.00pm-9.00pm NZST) and will not be recorded, or available for later viewing.

Introduction

Palin Parent Child Interaction therapy is an early intervention approach that was designed for stammering and has been adapted for use with children with other speech and language needs, as well as with children and other adults e.g., education staff/carers. The transferable skills taught in this course include engaging parents in the assessment and therapy process; communicating complex and/or sensitive information to parents; using video feedback to develop parents’ confidence and skills; and addressing wider child management issues with parents, e.g. emotional, behavioural issues. These skills are applicable with a wide range of clinical contexts and caseloads.

Course Aims

This two-day workshop (spread out over 4 x 4 hour sessions) will aim to increase speech and language therapists’ knowledge and skills in assessing and identifying those children who are at risk of more persistent problems, as well as in the treatment of early stammering. The course will cover the assessment and management of this age group and is potentially applicable for children up to 7 years of age. The workshop will be supported by video demonstrations of therapy at the Michael Palin Centre as well as skills practice and discussion.

All photocopiable handouts that accompany the teaching are contained in the second edition of the Palin PCI manual: Palin Parent Child Interaction Therapy for Early Childhood Stammering (2020). This can be ordered using: https://www.routledge.com/Palin-Parent-Child-Interaction-Therapy-for-Early-Childhood-Stammering/Kelman-Nicholas/p/book/9780815358329

For this two-day course it is essential that participants have purchased and familiarised themselves with a copy of the manual so that they can maximise their training experience.

Registration and Online Learning Details

Single registration cost is for each individual, not per site. Each person must register and attendance is required for all 4 sessions. Zoom will be used to deliver the training with “meeting room” details emailed to participants prior to each module. You will need to download Zoom software to your computer. A webcam, microphone and speakers on your computer is also essential so you can fully participate. This course is only available to qualified speech and language therapists and speech and language therapy students in their final year of training.

Handouts and Resources

There are two webinars to watch before the course (around one hour each). These will be sent to you via email alongside the Zoom link and handouts about 2 weeks before the course.

Learning Objectives 

At the end of this course participants will:

• be familiar with a screening device to decide on care pathways for children who stammer
• be familiar with an assessment protocol for children under seven who stammer
• be familiar with the structure and content of Palin Parent Child Interaction (Palin PCI) therapy
• be more knowledgeable about assessing and treating children under seven who stammer

Course Content

Sessions 1 and 2:

• A Multifactorial Model of Stammering
• A brief research update – current research into the factors contributing to stammering; risk factors for young children who stammer; interaction styles & stammering
• A screening device to decide on vulnerability to persistence and appropriate care pathways
• Child Assessment - including brief fluency measurement
• Case history taking and formulation about what contributes to the child’s stammering and what the individual child needs
• Principles of Palin PCI
• Palin PCI: Interaction Strategies; using the video in parent-child interaction therapy

Sessions 3 and 4:

• Palin PCI: Family Strategies: building confidence, turn taking, dealing with feelings.
• Skills in working collaboratively with parents including using parent packs
• Brief summary of efficacy of Palin PCI studies
• Palin PCI: Child Strategies including direct fluency therapy and managing co-existing speech and language difficulties
• Care Pathways – service delivery for children under seven who stammer in participants’ clinical settings

About Gemma Clarke (Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and Palin PCI Trainer)

Gemma works with children and young people who stammer and their parents, and adults who stammer. Before working at the MPC she worked in a specialist language unit and held an Early Years clinic caseload where she developed skills in working with children with a range of language needs including children who stammer. She is passionate about working holistically with clients, ensuring therapy is tailored to the specific needs of the child or young person and their family. Gemma is part of the MPC teaching team and teaches a range of MPC courses. She is responsible for delivering the Palin PCI Accreditation Programme and she supports colleagues and external SLTs through supervision. Gemma is involved in small-scale research projects, including a study into the use of telehealth for assessment and therapy at the MPC