
AAC Devices 101
AAC Devices. What the term AAC covers, what are the most common ones in use, and how to create general support for an AAC user.
ASD in the classroom
Practical strategies and supports which you can setup in your classroom to assist a pupil with ASD. SUGGESTED PRE-REQUISITE Online Course: AUTISM 101

Behaviour – Using Social Stories
A social story is a great tool to help manage expectations, which can often lead to a reduction in what is often termed 'Problem behaviour'.

Communicating PAIN
Being able to successfully communicate the source of, and even cause of, pain is vitally important in a young child or a person with communication issues.
Communication Passports
Speech and Language Therapist Marijke Morris outlines what Communication Passports are, how to create them, and why you always need them for children and adolescents with communication difficulties.

Creating, Using & Teaching Visuals
How to do it PROPERLY to help the child in your class communicate with others - AND reduce anxiety and frustration. (For everyone!)
Down Syndrome 101
A short introduction to Down Syndrome, what it is, and the most common presentation in children.

How to help a pupil who is stuttering
Stuttering, or stammering can profoundly affect an individual. There are ways you can practically help.

Practical Techniques to help a child’s communication
Children with communication difficulties need extra practice. Typical kids need hundreds of repetitions of a word to learn a word (except for swear words) and kids with communication difficulties often need more than that.

Preschool Age Stuttering – Patty Walton
This is a specialised course for Speech and Language Pathologists. It is available to view in it’s entirety, and will give the general viewer an excellent overview of the challenges and key points of awareness and support that you can give a preschooler who has a stammer.
Six Steps to Success with GraceApp
How to setup and use GraceApp (also applicable to most AAC Apps and devices).

Supporting Children with Speech Sound Disorders in the Classroom
During this course, you will learn - What is a speech disorder - Types of speech disorders - Impacts of having a speech disorder - Causes of speech disorders - Symptoms of speech disorders - How SLTs diagnose speech disorders - What an SLT may prescribe to help a pupil with a speech disorder - What a pupil with a speech disorder needs from their SNA and teacher.

Tips for Language Development
This is a general talk designed to provide information on language development in young children.

Vocabulary Enrichment from Junior Infants to Leaving Cert
Written and presented by Niamh Egan, Senior Speech & Language Therapist. Vocabulary is exceptionally important in helping individuals access new learning, and new opportunities - both inside the school system and as a predictor of future success. For the Speech and Language impaired child, this is often an area where they can fall behind easily.