LG Speech Therapy offers a variety of school & family trainings to educate teachers and parents on speech and language development and disorders. The goal of these trainings is to help adults working with children understand typical language development and discover ways to support communication skills across all settings. Trainings cover a wide variety of topics, and can be tailored to meet the needs and goals of each specific school, community, or population.
SErvices offered:
Workshops
Lesson Demonstrations
Co-Planning
Consultation on Specific Students and/or Skills
Parent Discussion Groups
Speech-Therapist Led Reading & Play Groups
School-wide screenings
Parent workshop topics:
Strategies To Support Your Child's Language Development
The Importance of Play for Language Development Across All Ages
All About Language Modeling: What is it and Why is it so Critical for Language Development
Teaching Emotional Regulation From an Early Age
The Relationship Between Social Skills and Literacy Skills
Strategies to Support Vocabulary Growth (& Why Vocabulary Matters for Reading).
In-School Workshop Topics:
Typical & Atypical Speech and Language Development
Reading and Writing as They Relate to Speech and Language Skills
The Connection Between Pragmatic Language (Social Communication) and Literacy Skills
Teaching Vocabulary in a Meaningful Way
Supporting Bilingual Students in the Classroom
Prompting Hierarchy: How Teachers and TA’s Can Provide the Most Effective & Least Restrictive Prompts