School Start: Targeted Intervention for Language and Sound Awareness in Reception Class( 2nd Edition)
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Description
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 consists of a structured programme of 30 Language group sessions that teaching assistants will find quick and easy to follow, delivered once a week. Each six-week block has clearly written objectives that are linked to the National Curriculum Foundation Stage.
Key Features
- 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 re-administration of the checklist in July
Additional Information
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. Baseline and evaluation checklists are also provided to monitor each child's progress.
Specifications
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.