Word Aware is a structured whole school approach to promote the vocabulary development of all children. Focused on whole class learning, the approach is of particular value for those who start at a disadvantage - including children with Special Educational Needs and those who speak English as an additional language.
This approach is full of practical and inspiring ideas that can be easily applied by busy classroom practitioners to develop both spoken and written vocabulary. Course participants will have resources and ideas to apply immediately.
Well developed vocabulary is required to:
Stephen is a Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT), trainer and author of practical language development resources for teachers and SaLT. He has over 30 years’ experience in the field, including 1996–2017 in Hackney and the City of London where he was Speech and Language Therapy Service Manager for a number of years. Stephen is co-author of best-selling resources ‘Language for Thinking’ and ‘Word Aware’ (1, 2 and 3), as well as the recently released ‘Language for Behaviour and Emotions.’ Stephen graduated in Speech Pathology from Flinders University in Australia, before attaining an MSc in Speech and Language Therapy from City University, London in 2000. Stephen is former Chair of NAPLIC, the UK organisation for professionals working with developmental language disorder, and UK representative of RADLD, the international campaign to raise awareness of developmental language disorder. In 2021 Stephen was the recipient of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists’ Sternberg Award for clinical innovation.
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