These sessions are for Highland Council practitioners in Early Years who wish to explore the Words Up Early key messages in depth. You will find the details for pre-tasks and the Google meet Code on the Highland Council Digital Hub online calendar. Introduction to Words Up Early 7/12/22 18.30-20.00 13/02/23 15.30-17.00 Words Up Early: Pause and […]
The Adult/Child Interaction (Words Up) section aims to develop a whole-school understanding of the importance of adult/child interaction as core to supporting children’s language and communication across the school. The Words Up sessions are in two parts, designed to, provide an overview of adult/child interaction from the early years through to the end of primary […]
The Words Up: Primary Key Messages for Adult/ Child Interaction training has been developed by speech and language therapists in Highland for adults to support their interactions with children, leading to improved speech, language and communication for children. The training is designed for all practitioners working in a primary school. To get the most out of the […]
Three new pieces of guidance have been developed to support parents and practitioners when sharing stories with babies, a child or in groups. The Words Up Key Messages have been integrated into each piece of guidance. You can download them below. CLICK HERE – Sharing Stories – Baby CLICK HERE – Sharing Stories – Child […]
Following engagement with the Words Up Early (Level 1) Key Messages Training there has been guidance developed by education practitioners and speech and language therapists to support practitioners to embed the Words Up Early Key messages in their practice. This guidance has been shared recently with practitioners in their second and third year of […]
The Words Up: Early (Level 1) Key Messages for Adult/ Child Interaction training has been developed by speech and language therapists in Highland for adults to support their interactions with children, leading to improved speech, language and communication for children. The online training is an alternative to the face to face Level 1 training. To get […]
The Words Up: Early (Level 1) Key Messages for Adult/ Child Interaction training has been developed by speech and language therapists in Highland for adults to support their interactions with children, leading to improved speech, language and communication for children. The online training is an alternative to the face to face Level 1 training. To […]
To support oral language development across the primary school, and strengthen adult/child interactions, the Words Up Primary Key Messages have been produced for schools to use as part of their literacy overviews. The key messages will be woven into the current training programmes across Highland. Posters are currently being produced; please speak to your local […]
The Words Up Early Key Message posters have now been published in Gaelic. CLICK HERE – Words Up Early Posters GAELIC
Many practitioners across Highland have attended Words Up: Early – Level 1 training to support adult/child interactoin. The video below has the PowerPoint from the training, alongside the voice of Sharon Smith, Speech and Language Therapist, during one of her training sessions. We are in the process of creating and will publish a Words Up: […]
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