This is a one-day workshop titled “Speech, Language and Communication in Children – What We Should Know?”. It is designed for carers of young children in the age group of 4-7 years old. The carers may be teachers working in day care or kindergarten (the primary targeted participants), or parents.

Objectives

The aims of this course are to:

• Create awareness of typical development in children’s language and communication
• Provide teachers and parents of kindergarten children with the information on how to identify, assist and manage their students, in the case of delayed speech, language and communication development
• Introduce the speech-language pathologists profession, how the SLPs work and their availability in the local context, to the parents and teachers

PARTICIPANTS WILL

• Acquire knowledge in typical early childhood language and communication development
• Identify the right professional/s to refer to when they suspect a child has a language/communication delay or disorder
• Acquire basic skills to facilitate a young child’s language and communication abilities

Speakers

• Dr Basyariatul Fathi Othman
  Private Practitioner, Speech-Language Pathologist
• Tiffany Hun
  Private Practitioner, Speech-Language Pathologist Hanen Certified