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School Based Assessment of Speech, Language and Communication Needs (VAT Exempt)
School Based Assessment of Speech, Language and Communication Need
Dates: - (2 day course) (delegates much attend both dates) - Wednesday 27th January 2027 & Wednesday 24th February 2027
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm both days
Fee: £160
Venue: Room G.3, New Parks House, Pindar Road, Leicester LE3 9RN
Who is this course for: SENDCos and SEN Teachers. HLTAs or Level 3 teaching assistants with responsibility for assessment.
Areas Covered:
Day One.
•Develop knowledge of different areas of SLCN: speech, language, and communication.
•How SLCN presents in the classroom.
•An exploration of different ways to identify SLCN difficulties.
•A practical exploration of formal and informal language assessments to use in school.
Day Two.
•Discussion of findings from case study work and recommended language assessment work.
•How to analyse language assessments.
•Identifying ways to support pupils with SLCN needs within the classroom setting.
•Exploring evidence-based intervention approaches.
This course will be delivered by the LCI Team
£160.00
Lets Talk (VAT Exempt)
Date: Wednesday 24 February 2027
Time: 9:00-3:30pm
Fee: £80 per delegate
£65 per school for electronic resources folder which will be charged separately.
Venue: Room G4 Training Room, New Parks House, Pindar Road, Leicester, LE3 9RN
Who is this course for: SENDCos, Teachers and Teaching Assistant pairs or 2 TAs if SENDCo has already trained in Let’s Talk.
Areas Covered:
- The communication process.
- What a language group looks like.
- Pre and post screening.
- Language group activities
Course Outcomes:
- The Delegates will be equipped to run a Let’s Talk Language group intervention.
Each School will receive access to a Virtual folder which contains: -
- Pre & Post screening materials.
- 10 weeks of Language group plans for KS1 and KS2 Children.
- Printable Resources.
To be delivered by the LCI Team
£80.00
Supporting learners with literacy difficulties - including dyslexia - (VAT Exempt)
This is a short introduction to the many ways that learners with literacy difficulties (reading, writing, spelling), and dyslexia can be supported to make progress in school. The course gives strategies on how to adapt everyday classroom teaching and ideas about which interventions to use to boost literacy.
Dates:
- Thursday 29 October 2026, 1pm - 4pm,
or
- Friday 26 February 2027, 9am - 12pm
Venue: G4 Training Room, New Parks House, Pindar Road, Leicester, LE3 9RN
Who is this course for: SENCos, SLT, Teaching Assistants, Class Teachers
Cost: £50
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Choose the most appropriate interventions for their school to help boost literacy levels for learners with specifically literacy difficulties.
- Begin to understand how they may adapt their everyday teaching to support learners with literacy difficulties to access the learning.
- Understand which learners need something more than adaptive teaching to be successful in learning to read, write and spell.
This course will be delivered by the LCI Team (Samantha Marriott)
£50.00
ELKLAN Primary (VAT Exempt)
Dates:
- Tuesday 19th January 2027
- Tuesday 9th February 2027
- Tuesday 9th March 2027
- Tuesday 6th April 2027
All sessions will run 9:30am - 2:30pm
Who Is It For: Teaching assistants -Key Stages 1 and 2.
Fee: - £470 per delegate, includes registration fee and book.
Venue: New Parks House, Pindar Road, Leicester, LE3 9RN
Areas Covered:
•The course explains the communication process and difficulties that children may experience with speech, language and communication.
•The course provides a range of practical strategies that may be used by teaching assistants in their work in the classroom or when supporting individual children.
Course Outcomes:
•Accreditation at level 2 or level 3 (OCN).
•Increased understanding of the communication process.
•Increased understanding of speech, language and communication needs in children.
•Knowledge of a range of strategies, approaches and resources to use in the classroom and with individual children to support SLCN.
NB for accreditation delegates are expected to submit a short, written learning log weekly.
This course will be delivered by accredited Elklan trainers form the LCI Team.
£470.00
ELKLAN Secondary (VAT Exempt)
Dates:
- Day 1 - Wednesday 30 September 2026
- Day 2 - Wednesday 28 October 2026
- Day 3 - Wednesday 25 November 2026
All sessions will run 9:00am - 4:00pm
Who Is It For: Teaching assistants -Key Stages 3 and 4.
Cost: £470 per delegate,
Venue: New Parks House, Pindar Road, Leicester, LE3 9RN
This course offers practical strategies for teaching assistants to support children in the classroom, focusing on the communication process and potential difficulties with speech, language, and communication.
Suitable for TAs working in secondary settings including DSPs.
Course Outcomes:
- •Accreditation at level 2 or level 3 (OCN).
- •Increased understanding of the communication process.
- •Increased understanding of speech, language and communication needs in students.
- •Knowledge of a range of strategies, approaches and resources to use in the classroom and with individual students to support SLCN.
NB for accreditation delegates are expected to submit a short, written learning log weekly.
This course will be delivered by an accredited Elklan trainer from the LCI Team. (Jeanette Wright)
£470.00
Neuroinclusive Education Network (NEN) Using and Applying the AET Progression Framework (VAT Exempt)
This session will introduce the new updated Progression Framework Resources and show you how to use the framework to identify key learning intentions.
Who is this course for: The session is suitable for staff/practitioners working with children and young people across the three phases in both mainstream and specialist settings
Date: Wednesday 4 November 2026, 9:00am - 1:00pm
Venue: G4 Training Room, New Parks House, Pindar Road, Leicester, LE3 9RN
Areas Covered:
This training module will introduce the Progression Framework and accompanying documents and show you how to use the framework to identify key learning intentions
Course Outcomes:
To familiarise you with the UPDATED! AET Progression Framework, so that you can use it to support autistic children and young people in your settings:
- Addressing skills development and understanding that autistic children and young people may find some skills more challenging than others
- Recognising and building on the strengths and interests of autistic children and young people to improve overall wellbeing
- Appreciating that autistic children and young people may need support in these areas and that their progress is dependent on this support