SEND Network: Supporting Non-Verbal Children with Communication and Behaviour – Using Visuals in the Early Years
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Supporting Non-Verbal Children with Communication and Behaviour: Using Visuals in the Early Years is a practical course designed for early years practitioners working with children who are not developing communication in the usual way. The session focuses on how visual supports can help children make sense of their environment (receiving communication) and find ways to express their needs, wants, and feelings (giving communication). Practitioners will explore a range of simple yet effective strategies to reduce frustration, support emotional regulation, and foster meaningful interaction. The course also looks at how to make early years settings more inclusive for children with a wide range of communication needs.
Learning aims
- Understand the different types of visual supports that can be used in your setting.
- Which strategies can you use to support a child’s understanding?
- What strategies can be implemented to help the child communicate their needs and wants spontaneously?
- How to make your setting inclusive of all types of communication needs.
This training is for early years practitioners and leaders working in settings or childminders in our Stronger Practice Hub area (Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, Wiltshire, Somerset, North Somerset, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire). We will also prioritise settings and childminders in areas of deprivation.
Our SEND Network offers a series of informal, online networking sessions designed for early years practitioners to come together, share experiences, and explore key topics related to SEND in early years settings. Each session focuses on a different aspect of practice, providing some specialist input and a space for discussion, reflection, and peer support. This SEND Network session will be facilitated by Springboard Opportunity Group, our SPH Partner’s who run several Special Schools in North Somerset.
This SEND Network session will be facilitated by Springboard Opportunity Group, our SPH Partner, who run several Special Schools in North Somerset.
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