Workshops & Training

Workshops & Training for schools & other settings

Who uses Liberty Speech Pathology workshops and training sessions?

  • Primary Schools
  • High Schools
  • Kindergartens
  • Child Care Settings
  • Parent’s groups
  • Other organisations that work with children

What Workshops/Seminars are available?

Key Word Signing for children with communication difficulties – 4 - 5 hours

  • What, why, who & how of key word signing
  • Practical activities: learning 150 Auslan signs

Children’s Speech and Language Development – What to expect – 2 hours

  • What normal development looks like
  • Signs to look for that suggest that there might be a problem with speech or language

Fostering Speech and Language Skills in Young Children – 2 hours

  • Practical activities that you can use at home, kindy or child care centre to maximise opportunities for speech and language development.

WorkshopsCommunication for Non-Verbal Children – 2 hours

  • Creating motivation for children to communicate
  • Creating opportunities for children to communicate
  • Working with symbols to help children to communicate

Emergent Literacy – 3 hours

  • Pre-literacy skills: the skills children need before they can learn to read
  • Practical activities for home, kindy or child care centre to foster emergent literacy skills

Phonological Awareness: The Building Blocks for Literacy Success – 2 hours

  • The underlying skills that are critical for literacy success
  • Working with children who struggle with literacy – from theory to practice

Stuttering in the School-Aged child – 2 hours

  • Facts & Fiction about stuttering
  • Strategies for teachers

Classroom strategies for language disordered children (time dependant on school needs). Content depends on individual school needs and may include:

  • Effective Questioning
  • Word-retrieval strategies
  • Visual aids in the classroom
  • Strategies for children with receptive language difficulties
  • Other areas of language delay or disorder relevant to your individual students

Other workshops relating to speech, language, fluency or literacy can be tailored to your school’s or centre’s needs – just ask!

How do I book a workshop/seminar?

Phone Liberty Speech Pathology on 8337 3188 to make a booking or discuss your centre’s training needs.