Speech, Language & Communication Pocketbook: Speech, Language & Communication Pocketbook - Softcover

Milne, Victoria Mason & Emela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906610703 ISBN 13: 9781906610708

Publisher: Teachers' Pocketbooks, 2019

Synopsis

Most children develop speech, language and communication skills instinctively, a process that begins at birth and continues into adulthood. However, in most classrooms there are children - as many as 50% in some areas - who have not acquired the fundamental spoken and written skills that underpin all types of social interaction, skills that are essential for success in education and at work. This book shows teachers how to support pupils with SLCN - speech, language and communication needs. Written by a speech and language therapist and a secondary teacher working in mainstream schools, this highly illustrated Pocketbook begins by defining SLCN and placing it against a backdrop of normal language development. The authors identify who has SLCN and explain how weak communication skills lead to academic, social, emotional and behavioural problems. Language is both received and transmitted; both input and output pose problems for pupils with SLCN. A chapter on attention and listening covers hearing impairment, auditory memory, teacher talk and active listening skills. It is followed by sections on receptive language difficulties - understanding concepts and inference, reasoning and deduction - and expressive language difficulties: building sentences and narrative in speech and writing. Speech difficulties such as stammering, phonological difficulties, articulation and voice disorders are also covered. Learning, storing and retrieving vocabulary are given a section of their own as is social communication. The book concludes with ideas for implementing a whole school approach. Cartoons, diagrams and visual prompts support the text throughout.

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Review

This Pocketbook is ideal for busy teachers and SEN staff who want to know more about how Speech and Language difficulties impact on learning, then make the changes needed to transform their classrooms and teaching. Covering early years through to secondary, the information is concise and helpfully signposted, making selection of areas for focus encouragingly easy. --Barbara O'Neill, SENCO, King Charles I School

A wealth of information and numerous activities which will help teachers to develop the speaking and listening skills of all pupils, not just those identified as having communication difficulties. --Chris Erry, Year 3 Teacher, St James's C.E. Primary School

This book will be invaluable in supporting classroom practitioners to develop outstanding teaching and learning for pupils with SLCN and generally improve the classroom experience for many other pupils. --Derek Hulme, Leader of A&I (SENCO) Burlish Park Primary School

Edition details

• Publisher: Teachers' Pocketbooks
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906610703
• ISBN 13: 9781906610708
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128