How to Help Non-Speaking Children in the Early Years - Bryony Rust

How to Help Non-Speaking Children in the Early Years

Supporting Communication through Joy and Connection

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
120 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-29517-6 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
This book includes key theory, a wealth of real-life examples and practical steps for developing communication. Centred around joyful connection, it is a valuable read for all early years practitioners, speech and language therapists, SENCOs and key people looking to support positive communication development with the children in their care.
In every setting there are children who struggle to communicate. When they’re not talking, or only using a handful of words, it can be hard to know how to help. In this book, you’ll be encouraged to spot early moments of communication and respond with clarity. You’ll find an invitation to stop doing and start noticing, to try new things and collaborate with the team around you.

The book presents key concepts in bite-size chunks, with a wealth of real-life examples from speech therapy sessions and early years settings. It explores practical strategies to help children develop their foundational speech, language and communication skills, and includes fresh ideas to:

· Build honest and supportive conversations with parents about communication needs

· Value empathy and imagination as we tune in to each child’s world

· Take a pro-neurodiversity lens to inform your practice

· Measure progress and support professional development.

Communication is core to our sense of wellbeing, personal agency and belonging. With a focus on fostering joyful moments of connection, this book offers a fresh perspective and a dose of encouragement for all early years practitioners, speech and language therapists, SENCOs and key people looking to support positive communication development in the children in their care.

Bryony Rust, aka SaLT by the Sea, is a speech and language therapist sharing her own experiences of what works with young children, learned through years of providing therapy, training practitioners and collaborating with caregivers. Bryony is also a keynote speaker and clinical supervisor, helping others navigate the surprise delights and challenges of helping young children learn to talk. Working in close partnership with families, her focus is on valuing each child’s unique contribution, fostering personal agency and a sense of belonging. To find out more, visit saltbythesea.com

CHAPTER 1. What this guide is and how it can help you.

What we’re aiming for (Help them learn it’s worth the effort)

Stop doing, start noticing (this is the hardest part)

What to expect from this book

CHAPTER 2. Expand your definition of communication.

Speech, language and communication

Talking isn’t everything

Always respond

Understand why we bother

Look out for opportunities

Understand what’s going on behind the scenes

CHAPTER 3. Build relationships.

Include everyone from the beginning

Aim for a flat hierarchy

Practise active listening

Avoid fix-it mode

Stay out of judgement

Regulate to communicate

Realise our shared humanity

‘Celebrate with me’

CHAPTER 4. Start from strength.

Tell a story of hope

Describe what the child can do

Shift your language from disorder to difference

Consider needs, not problems

Trust in capacity

CHAPTER 5. Let the child lead.

Tune in to the child’s point of interest

Give it space

Look for the invitations

Directing vs. Responding

Give attention to get attention

Solutions for when it’s hard:

Allow it to look like ‘nothing’

Regulate to communicate

Allow the play to look unexpected

Avoid the toy trap

CHAPTER 6. Choose your focus.

Decide what’s important

A note on mindfulness

Understand where the child’s at

Write goals for the adults, not the child

Write SCRUFFY goals

CHAPTER 7. A strategies list

Allow yourself to do less

Embrace the awkward silence

Reflect the child

Pay attention to the details

Play with words

Use big gestures

Make your phrases sing

Use sound effects

Give, don’t quiz

Make it easy

CHAPTER 8. Keep going.

Imagine something different

We’re in the business of relationships

The simple version

Share with others

Choose one thing

Stick with it

Embrace everything

It’s all in the noticing

Useful links

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.12.2024
Zusatzinfo 13 Line drawings, black and white; 13 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitsfachberufe Logopädie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Vorschulpädagogik
ISBN-10 1-032-29517-1 / 1032295171
ISBN-13 978-1-032-29517-6 / 9781032295176
Zustand Neuware
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