Communication and Interaction
Who receives this service?
The Service works with children and young people who have:
- Significant delay in speech and language
- Language, speech and communication disorder
- Communication and social interaction difficulties
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
What does the service offer?
- Ensures that the schools of Gwynedd and Anglesey have provision for children with communication and interaction needs in their schools
- Ensures that there is specific guidance and training available for schools to plan effectively for pupils’ needs
- Interventions tailored for pupils’ needs
- A member of the team may come into the school to work for a specific time to train and share good practice in order to support the pupils to achieve targets.
- Placement in a specialist centre if the needs meet the access criteria.
Who's in the team?
| Senior Specialist Teacher |
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Delyth Gibbard
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| Specialist Teachers |
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Iona Ceiriog
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Nicola Hughes
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Angharad Walton
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Alyson Walsh
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Rachel Luxton
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Mai Williams
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Nia Wyn Jones
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Lowri Watkins
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| Senior Specialist Teaching Assistants |
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Siwan Roberts
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Laura Myles Hughes
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Manon Jones
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Becca Wynne
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Mari Lloyd Roberts
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| Specialist Teaching Assistants |
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Rhiannon Evans
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Anwen Roberts
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Sioned Mai Jennings
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Lynne Elias
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Eleri Fôn Edwards
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Sasha Leanne Jones
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Lauren Evans
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Holly Cunningham
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How can the service be accessed?
The school needs to make a referral to the Area Forum, if a pupil is to receive input from the Service.
Before making a referral it is important that every school has firstly acted at a school level e.g. through focus and target groups.
What is the Educational Psychologist’s role?
What is the Quality Officer’s role?
What is the school’s role?
Every school is expected to offer opportunities to support and develop pupils’ communication and interaction skills.
The school should:
- Establish systems to target individuals as required
- Respond to the different levels of pupils’ needs by holding target groups
- Use a screening tool to identify areas where individuals require additional support
- Respond progressively to the needs of pupils by holding target groups
- Develop a friendly and inclusive learning environment for individuals with communication and interaction difficulties
- Develop an environment that allows time to develop suitable communication and interaction skills within the school day
Resources
Sign languages and sign systems - a quick guide to British Sign Language and sign systems such as Makaton, Signalong and sign supported English/Welsh (SSE/SSW)
Who else can help?
https://speechandlanguage.org.uk - Speech and Language UK (ICAN gynt)
www.afasic.org.uk - Afasic
www.elklan.co.uk - Elklan
www.autism.org.uk - The National Autistic Society
https://autismwales.org/ - This website (previously ASDinfoWales) belongs to and is run by the National Autism Team, which is funded by Welsh Government. It is one of the resources which helps the National Autism Team achieve their aim to improve the lives of autistic people in Wales.
Speech and Language Link: Parent Portal (speechandlanguage.info)