How to Support Children’s Communication Skill Development
Date/Time
Date(s) - Oct 23, 2019
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Tri-Cities CCRR
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Speech and Language delays are the #1 reason for parents to refer to Early Intervention Therapies. Daily routines in child care are full of natural opportunities for educators to facilitate conversations, build vocabulary, model speech sounds, and practice social communication with children. Communication skills impact children’s ability to make friends, problem solve, enter play and impacts their self-regulation when they are unable to communicate their needs. Learn how to use those moments and read children’s cues to facilitate language development.
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Target Audience
Suitable for parents and all early learning and child care professionals.
Online
No
Professional Development Certificate
Yes
Professional Development Certificate Credit Hours
2
Registration Fee
$10.00 members, $15.00 non-members
Registration Contact Email
triccrr@gv.ymca.ca
Registration Contact Phone Number
604-931-3400 ext. 0
Presenter(s)
Yvonne Kwok & Stephanie Mohr
Presenter Information
Yvonne Kwok is the Coordinator of the Supported Child Development Program in Tri Cities and works to support families, educators and the community to recognize the rights of all children to experience high quality learning and care environments. Yvonne has owned, supervised and worked in all types of child care in Vancouver and has been an Early Childhood Educator for over 30 years and is a graduate of the ECCE degree program at Capilano University. Stephanie Mohr M.S. SLP (C ) is a registered Speech Language Pathologist. She is a Hanen trained therapist who has taught More than Words workshops in the lower mainland, and has a background in working in early intervention with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Stephanie is trained in Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT) therapy, and enjoys leading parent and caregiver workshops on speech and language development for young children in the Tri Cities and Maple Ridge communities.