Speech Language

Oral language underpins everything that we do in. 

Using a child's passion, the repetition provides a supportive structure
My current student has difficulty with storage and retrieval. Therefore struggles with categorisation. Making it difficult to retrieve information in a discussion. This corresponds in Maths, categorising, sorting similar attributes, associations all skills to be developed.
Avoidance is a coping strategy as unable to retrieve information.

Communication
Physical response - when experiencing difficulty, turns away.
Reaches up. Hands shaking - alternative forms of communication.
How I engage with that response is how we teach the use of words.


Why communication vital?
Developing relationships-learning-sharing-social skills

Hand rule-input 4 things then ask the question
 
The Impact of language difficulties: sharing, asking for help, answering questions, expressing feelings, making friends, talking, expressing wants

School programme
Writing- provide visual supports and structure of prompts

Risk taking is a challenge for them, no flexibility. Not coping with being wrong. Create Social stories - it could be, or it could be with visual support. Pictures of them in different scenarios to provide support.

What supports this development best?
  • Turn taking
  • Visuals
  • Communicating
  • Models of language
  • Routines
  • Supporting 1 to 1. Groups, visuals, activities
  • Relationships
  • Empathy
  • Favorite subjects
  • Feeding in language, 1 hand rule
  • Settings
  • Included


How language develops
  • Language steps
  • Early word users
  • Word combiner
  • Early sentence user
  • Complex sentence user

Conversational styles
  •       Participator
  •       Responded
  •    Do my own thing
  •    Reserved communicator

WE can all be influenced by settings and styles of people you are with. Challenge is to find ways to support and encourage language development by using these styles to our advantage.

Situations to encourage Language and Learning
  • Good conversation
  • Sharing
  • More than 1 person
  • Learning
  • humor


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