Language and Cognitive Development of Deaf Children (x3 courses)
Course
In London
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Location
London
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Class hours
5h
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Duration
1 Day
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Start date
Different dates available
These three one-day courses provide training on the language and cognitive development of children who are born deaf. Each can be taken as a standalone course.
You'll learn about:
early communication and language development
later language development and theory of mind
executive function development and school learning
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About this course
These courses are suitable for:
teachers of the deaf
speech and language therapists (SLTs)
clinical psychologists
other professionals working with deaf children
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Subjects
- Executive
- Cognitive Development
- Communication Training
- Morpho-syntactic development
- Language exposure
- Bilingualism
- Pragmatic development
- Language development
- Morpho-syntax
- Communication
Course programme
The three courses are listed below, along with the topics they cover.
1. Early Communication and Language DevelopmentConcepts covered will include:
- language and communication development
- pre-linguistic development
- cognitive and social underpinnings of communicative development
- spoken and sign language phonology
- semantics
- early grammatical development
It will have the following structure:
- Early communication and language development
- Building blocks of communication.
- Child directed language and deafness
- Early vocabularies effects of deafness and quality of language exposure
Concepts covered in the course will include:
- language and communication development in primary school children
- acquisition of morpho-syntax
- cognitive and social underpinnings of later language development
- impact of literacy on language skills
- narrative and pragmatic development
It will have the following structure:
- Morpho-syntactic development
- Complex pragmatics and language exposure.
- Literacy and emerging bilingualism
- Narrative and pragmatics in older deaf children
Concepts covered in the course will include:
- cognitive control and deafness
- disorders and variance in executive functions
- emotional regulation
- impact of EF on school readiness and executive function training
It will have the following structure:
- Cognitive control development
- Hot and cold executive function.
- Executive function and learning
- Plasticity and learning in deafness
Language and Cognitive Development of Deaf Children (x3 courses)