Carol Westby, Ph.D. – Play, Language

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Carol Westby, Ph.D. – Play, Language

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Vocabulary is the most used. Enunciation is also very common. (and sometimes standard) ways to decipher a child’s speech or language skills… but shouldn’t we be looking at the full story? How a child interacts with other children or in the classroom, can shed light on a child’s social-Language deficits can be caused by emotional development.

Cognitive, social, emotional, linguistic and motor components are blended together by one universal activity — PLAY! It is essential for children to develop without it. They may be exposed to intellectual, physical, and social harm.

Get involved internationally-A well-respected expert in play assessment and language-literacy, Carol Westby, CCC, PhD-SLP Play & Learn is our NEW online course.amp; Language, as she teaches you firsthand, how to effectively use her Westby Play Scale — a tool that offers a way to evaluate all young children’s (birth-5 years) Symbolic play skills. This is supported by 40 years worth of evidence-Research based, she will help you discover current play theories and personal narrative skills to improve children’s language, literacy, cognition, social-Emotional skills and self-esteem-Self regulation-Identity and problem-solving.

Through videos and cases, you’ll learn how to make interventions for children with learning disabilities and autism using fun stories and other fictional stories.-Their early language, play and literacy development are affected by economic/cultural factors.

You will leave with advanced techniques for:

Incorporate the role play in yourself-regulation.
Playful practice is key to emerging literacy
Consider cultural influences when assessing fictional and personal narratives.
Expand children’s ability to make inferences by relating emotions and mental states to events.
There’s so much more!

Play & Recreation strategies are specifically designed to increase literacy, academic success and creativity, as well as social skills.amp; Language This is the new online course!

Play & Language:

Literacy: The Roots

Learn about current play theories and the development of the four dimensions in play for young children (birth).-5 years) and how play can improve language, cognition and social interaction-Self-esteem and emotional skills-Regulation and literacy. The most recent intervention strategies for children who have language learning disabilities, autism, or sociopathy.-economic/cultural variations:

Use playful practice to improve phonological comprehension and phonological skills for emergent literacy
Encourage social interaction-emotional development
Facilitate children’s understanding of the temporal, cause-The effect and social relationships that exist around the world, which are essential for understanding academic and social interactions
Facilitate communication between people and abstract reasoning by stimulating language
Nurture children’s ability to interpret and respond appropriately to the needs, desires, and roles of others and to use this knowledge to infer the thoughts of others
Promote children’s ability to organize and monitor their own behavior so they can become independent, self-Motivated learners

Take home therapeutic interventions you can use immediately.

Narrative Interventions for Building Social Capital-Emotional skills and self-Regulation for Children and Adolescents

Moving Beyond Language Literacy

Learn how autobiographical memory, fictional narratives, life stories, and social interactions play a role in self-identification.-Regulation and academic performance. Walk away with strategies to develop children’s narrative skills to improve their social-Emotional skills and self-confidence-Self regulation-Identity and Problem-solving:

Reminiscing to encourage autobiographical memories
Vocabulary and syntactic patterns for mental state/emotion words.
How setting influences characters and events within stories
Building narrative plots
What affects the physical and psychological characteristics of characters in stories on their nature and behavior?
Helping students to make narrative inferences

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Learning that suits YOUR Schedule

With instant access to the online portal, you can view any of the video modules whenever it suits you. You’ll have unlimited access to all The materials, and you can download everything to keep for future reference! Plus, use the CE21 Mobile™ app to access the course content on-the-You can go wherever you like on your mobile device.

Through chat boards and online forums, you can interact with other professionals and share your knowledge. Participants enjoy sharing their ideas, asking questions, and networking with other practitioners.

You can complete your CE tests online once you have completed each module. Once that is done, you will be able to access your CE certificates. This gives you 12+ CE hours.