This talk included a brief run through of all the common speech, language, fluency and reading disorders in children. It will go through definitions and then what these difficulties look like in the classroom, some simple strategies on how to help and details on how to help your students and their families to access Speech and Language Services in France.
Target audience: Preschool and early primary school teachers, special educators
This talk will include definitions of what dyslexia is (and isn't) and discussion of a neurological model related to learning to read. You'll learn about risk factors, common and less common signs of dyslexia, common comorbidities and what it will really look like in the classroom. Lastly, we will go through a case study of a bilingual dyslexic child during 2 years of therapy.
Helping, sharing and comforting behaviors are observed in children in the first two years of life. What happens afterwards? This session will explore how developing attentional and behavior control capabilities, as well as social development, come into play in modulating prosocial behavior. Prosocial behavior is present all around us, in and outside the classroom, and gaining a better understanding of what comes into play can help educators feel comfortable implementing social and emotional regulation strategies for their students.
Target audience: Teachers and educators PreK-12th grade, including teachers focused on special support needs.
