This is a practical resource that can be used with children who need additional help in developing communication skills during the first year of school and is a follow-on from the hugely successful first edition. This second edition focuses primarily on a targeted group intervention, to boost the language and sound awareness skills of children entering reception class, who are delayed in these areas of communication. It also addresses aspects of attention, following instructions and social communication. School Start, aims to help children catch up so that they may be ready to access the learning environment of Year 1. It is an invaluable resource for teachers and teaching assistants that encourages good collaborative practice between schools, speech & language therapists, the SENCO and parents. The programme consist of: an initial six-week period so that educational staff may identify children of concern; a screening checklist to confirm the identification of those children a structured programme of 30 Language group sessions that teaching assistants will find quick and easy to follow, delivered once a week a structured programme of 30 Sound Awareness group sessions that teaching assistants will find quick and easy to follow, delivered once a week activities and learning objectives linked into communication at home and in class monitoring of each child's objectives and readministration of the checklist in July. Teachers and teaching assistants first select children suitable for the programme through the checklists provided; set-up meetings then take place between the inclusion coordinator and school before the child is enrolled on the programme. Devised by two speech & language therapists experienced in working with teaching staff, the book consists of two 30-week programmes aimed at developing Language and Sound Awareness skills. Each six-week block has clearly written objectives that are linked to the National Curriculum Foundation Stage. Baseline and evaluation checklists are also provided to monitor each child's progress. School Start offers: an introduction on how to use the School Start programme group sessions for the Language and Sound Awareness programmes 70 photocopiable resource templates programme delivery templates containing all the checklists, record sheets and handouts needed to carry out the programme an accompanying CD-Rom giving the option to print out some of the resource templates in colour. Successfully trialled over a three-year period, School Start is an invaluable resource for teachers and teaching assistants that encourages good collaborative practice between schools, speech & language therapists, the school's inclusion coordinator and parents.
From first day nerves to finding your peg, this reassuring read is full of humour and fun for children and parents alike. It offers advice and enjoyment for the whole family before school starts.
In this board book, Max and Millie go to school for the first time with Max suffering anxiety and Millie bubbling with excitement.
Supporting Auditory Memory and Sequencing Skills in Key Stage 1 Catherine de la Bedoyere. School Start Storybooks support language development in children aged 5–7 at school and ... School Start Year 1. School Start Storybooks: Bozo the ...
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What would you do if on the very first day of school, Dinosaur wasn't smiling his big, toothy dinosaur smile?
Devised by two speech and language therapists experienced in working with teaching staff, the book consists of three sets of 20 session sheets; one set per term.
Many schools have now been using School Start in reception class for over 10 years. ... This addition to the series for children in Year One retains the same format as the reception programme to include session plans and their ...
This is an invaluable resource for primary school staff that encourages good collaborative practice between teachers, teaching assistants, inclusion co-ordinators, SENCOs, speech and language therapists and parents.
... 1) PB: 978-1-90930-175-7 School Start: Targeted Intervention for Language and Sound Awareness in Reception Class (2nd edition) PB: 978-1-90939-158-0 School Start Year 1: Targeted Intervention for Language and Sound Awareness PB: 978-1 ...
... 1) PB: 978-1-90930-175-7 School Start: Targeted Intervention for Language and Sound Awareness in Reception Class (2nd edition) PB: 978-1-90939-158-0 School Start Year 1: Targeted Intervention for Language and Sound Awareness PB: 978-1 ...