Special Needs London Friday 15th & Saturday 16th October 2010
Special Needs London Friday 15th & Saturday 16th October 2010
Business Design Centre
Islington
London
The Moat School will be present at the Special Needs London 2010 show with an exhibition stand. Also one of our Speech & Language Therapists, Rita Fogarty is presenting a seminar on Friday 15th October 2010.
Details of the Seminar Topic: ‘Socially Wise Peer Support’
Bullying and teasing at school is a frequently expressed concern by pupils with ASD and their parents. This can lead to social difficulties and isolation for such pupils leading to stress, anxiety and even depression. This seminar will describe a peer based approach to supporting young people with social communication difficulties (ASD) in school. The primary aims of the programme were to develop the peer group’s social understanding of the pupil with ASD and encourage social inclusion. The ‘Circle of Friends’ approach, as well as an intervention described by Annie Etherington, was used as models to develop this programme.
Specifics:
- Brief background information about ASD pupils and their difficulties in navigating the social world
- Setting up the elements of the programme
- Description and implementation of programme
- Results and aftermath
- Follow up to programme
Presenter:
Rita Fogarty
Speech and Language Therapist, BSc and MA Speech and Language; RSA diploma in SpLD; Member RCSLT; HPC certification; Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech and Language awarded by the American Speech Language Hearing Association
Published article entitled ‘Socially Wise Peer Support’ in November 2009 issue of Bulletin, the official magazine of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists; article discussed a peer-based approach to supporting young people with social communication difficulties in school.
