How To Assess The Language And Communication Needs Of Young People With SEMH
About this course
We need to find ways to make assessing language and communication skills for children and young people with SEMH and SLCN comfortable and empowering while getting accurate results.
This course will help you:
- Understand which areas of language might be affected in young people with SEMH
- Think about the impact of assessment on young people with SEMH
- Consider how to collaborate and cocreate accurate assessments with young people, their families and others who know them well
- Consider the relative merits of different types of assessment to achieve functional and useful assessments
Course Times
The course duration is 9.15 am to 1.00 pm (UK Time) for a list of course dates and times please go to the Booking page
Course pricing
| Book and pay online | Organisational payment | Student / Returner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Booking | £75 | £90 | £55 |
Please book your place here or alternatively, you can contact us if you are you would like to:
- Book four or more courses (we can offer you a discount)
- Make a block booking for a group
- Book a closed course
Course presenter
Melanie Cross
Speech and Language Therapist
Melanie Cross is a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) who worked with Looked After Children for many years. This has resulted in publications including Branagan A, Cross M & Parsons S (2020) ‘Language for Behaviour and Emotions’ http://thinkingtalking.co.uk/lfbe/.
Melanie has also worked with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) to help develop their clinical guidelines on Social Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) for SLTs. She has also worked on the RCSLTs learning journey for practitioners working with children and young people who experience SEMH & Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) https://www.rcslt.org/learning/mind-your-words/.
Melanie Cross is also a freelance clinical supervisor, trainer, consultant and Video Interaction Guider and supervisor.
Course topics
During this course, we will cover:
- Why are we assessing language and communication skills in those with SEMH?
- The impact of the assessment process on the young person
- When to carry out an assessment
- Who needs to be assessed?
- Assessing the communicative environment
- Which areas of language should we consider in our assessment?
- Is screening viable?
- What sort of assessments can we use?
- A diagnostic or transdiagnostic approach?
- There will also be opportunities to reflect on practice and discuss course topics with colleagues.
Who this course is suitable for
Booking information
This course is presented Virtual Live – Online over Zoom
This course is available on various dates throughout the year. To view available course dates book your place, please click here.
During the booking process, you can select to reserve a place instead (while you confirm you can attend or to organise payment through your employer for example). We can hold your place for up to four weeks, if we have not heard from you after this time, we may need to cancel your reservation so other people can attend the training.
Course Beetle is an approved supplier for NHS Trusts, Local Authorities and Schools.
Course testimonials
“I found Melanie to be a great speaker – engaging and clear. It was good to network with SLTs in similar roles. The course was a good length and sectioned up well. The course gave me more confidence in what I am already doing as well as further developing my knowledge in this area.”
“The delivery and presenter were brilliant. Lots of knowledge and experience delivered in a really accessible way. Lots of room for discussion and pausing for thought. Lots of ‘aha’ moments for me personally and things that will positively impact on my clinical skills.”
“I found the course supported my thinking about assessment in a holistic way and gave practical suggestions for alternative ways to gain the information we need. Excellent course – really thought provoking by an expert in this field. Will be discussing the ideas with our team!”