On
20th June the University of the West of England hosted a 1 day
conference titled: Listening to Children and Young People with Speech, Language
and Communication Needs. The conference was attended by over 50 speech and
language therapists, teachers, psychologists, parents and students. During the
conference our Children Draw Talking art exhibition was displayed. I was
invited to present the keynote address titled: The importance and challenges of
listening to children and young people with speech, language and communication
needs
The
other presenters were:
- Rena Lyons: Exploring identity in children with speech and/or language impairments
- Ros Merrick: Picture Me: Using illustrations in conversation with children
- Graham Daniel and Sharynne McLeod: Listening to children with speech and language impairment: Implications for teachers of young children (presented by Graham via video conference from Australia!)
- Mary Wickenden: See me, not just the chair: Aspects of identity for disabled teenagers who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Helen Hambly: One voice among many – contrasting children’s experiences of their primary language impairment (PLI) with the experiences of their parents, peers and the professionals who support them
- Sue Roulstone: Children’s perspectives from the Better Communication Research Programme
-
Linda Lascelles: Chief Executive, Afasic: Tuning
in to children and young people with speech and language difficulties.
Sharynne presenting the keynote address
Rachael and Jim, Ros Merrick, Helen Hambly, Sharynne, Sue Roulstone, Linda Lascelles, Mary Wickenden, Rena Lyons
Year 3 students from Cardiff University with their copies of the Listening book
Graham Daniel presenting his paper from Australia
Rosemary Hayhow, and Anna Blackwell
Jim and Rachael from J&R Press
