Developing Baseline Communication Skills by Catherine Delamain

Developing Baseline Communication Skills by Catherine Delamain

"Developing Baseline Communication Skills" is a practical resource designed to fit with the baseline assessments that are now part of the national curriculum in schools. It contains a programme of games and activities aimed at fostering personal and social development and promoting language and early literacy skills. Teachers often express concern about the many children who enter reception classes lacking the listening, understanding and speaking skills necessary to make a successful start to their school years. This resource seeks to address some of these problems by offering: Games and activities suitable for four to five-year olds in nursery education, playgroups, reception classes and those attending speech language therapy clinics. These are appropriate for both mainstream and special schools. There are two hundred games and activities, graded into level of difficulty, for whole classes or smaller groups, with a key to indicate where each activity can be easily incorporated into the existing school curriculum. It has a clear aim and full instructions for the games, which are easy to organise and with equipment kept to a minimum. Photocopiable templates are included where necessary. It includes activities that can be carried out between teachers, classroom assistants or volunteers, with simple record sheets for optional use. The book includes materials that may be used as an effective part of a speech and language programme in consultation with a speech and language therapist. This is a unique manual that should be an essential addition to the materials used by every professional working with young children.

"This valuable resource represents an important element in the development of truly inclusive support for children at the foundation stage and I recommend it to all education and health service staff who work with these children" - Andrew Burnett, TES Curriculum Special: Special Needs

"One of the most satisfactory elements of the book is that it will appeal to all children...The instructions are easy to follow and devoid of jargon. Not only teachers, but class assistants, volunteers or parents would be quite at home with them." - Dyslexia Contact

"This resource fits with the mandatory Baseline Assessments for reception classes and many of the games are enjoyable." - Nursery World

Catherine Delamain has fortyseven years' experience of working with young children. Her last post before retiring was team leader for education in a large speech and language therapy service. She is currently collaborating in the delivery of a rolling programme of training for first and primary school teachers, designed to help them meet the needs of children with speech and language difficulties in mainstream schools. Jill Spring is a speech & language therapist specialising in speech and language disorder in children, and the impact of these difficulties on their learning. She qualified in 1972 and has worked in paediatric settings including community clinics, asssessment centres, opportunity playgroups and mainstream schools. She is currently senior clinician in a speech and language unit, and is actively involved in providing training for teachers and learning support assistants, health visitors and those involved in nursery education.

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ISBN 13	9780863884818
ISBN 10	0863884814
Title	Developing Baseline Communication Skills
Author	Catherine Delamain
Series	The Good Communication Pathway
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1999-01-01
Number of pages	292
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