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Join Us at Upcoming 2011 Workshops

Helping Children Develop Interpersonal Language Skills

An outstanding, small-group training for parents and people who provide services to preschool and school age children with language delays and social skills delays/disorders. This workshop provides an evidence-based approach to empowering parents, educators and others with the knowledge and skills necessary to support social communication in day to day situations. By the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:

  • Understand what social communication is and is not in peer facilitated program
  • Identify break downs in social communication in children
  • Identify misconceptions in teaching peer facilitated social communication
  • Understand how to help children with social communication difficulty develop both social verbal, non-verbal and paraverbal communication skills in day to day situations.

Workshop Benefits:

Teachers, Parents, therapists and others

Date:
Time: 10:00 am- 1:00pm
( Early Bird Registration: January 10th through February 10th )
 

It Sounds Funny at the Dinner Table, Not in Public!

More than ever parents and educators are discovering that some children have difficulties with social interactions and social expectations. Some of these children may or may not be diagnosed with social learning disabilities. However, they still need support! The focus of this workshop is to  provide participants with evidenced based functional problem solving strategies and social self-monitoring strategies. Participants in this workshop will learn how to recognize and support school age children exhibiting the following problems:

  • Processing nonverbal body language
  • Trouble with conversational skills
  •  Awkward interaction behaviors in social situation
  • One-sided conversations
  •  Misinterpretation of communication messages/intent
  • Socially naïve children
  • Disruptive, rude, or disrespectful.

Workshop Benefits:
Teachers, Parents, therapists and others

Dates:
Time: 10:00am to 1:00pm
( Early Bird Registration: February 10th through March 10th)
 

Mealtimes and Teeth Brushing Should Not be Torture!

The focus of this workshop is to share great ideas for dealing with feeding issues and oral motor-sensory issues related to prematurity, reflux, prolonged illnesses, syndromes. More Information Coming Soon!

 

Workshop Benefits:
Teachers, Parents, therapists and others

Date:
Time: 10:00am to 1:00pm
( Early Bird Registration: March 10th through April 10th)

Early Intervention for Young Children

The focal point of this workshop is connecting and supporting young children's language skills daily.
 

  • Participants will understand types of language delays and other developmental delays (autism, asperger, ADHD and other disabilities that affect language skill
  • Participants will gain an understanding on how to provide support and the steps to develop an effective intervention action plan
  • Participants will understand research based language intervention and strategies
  • Participants will create strategies to use in the home and at school. More Information Coming Soon!

All Workshops Presented By:

Uduak (Udie) Osom, MA., CCC-SLP and the ITS TEAM.

Location:
Innovative Therapy Services
1090 Homestead Road, Santa Clara, CA 95050
 

Contact:

Thao for sign up information
(408) 241-2229 / Email: Thao@pediatricspeech.com or Udie at ussom@pediatricspeech.com
Early Bird Registration: $75.00  late registration $80.00
Limited spaces (Not more than 15 people per class)