Delay or deficit? Assessing children's development after lockdown

Key Learning

• Explore the current research findings on post-covid children’s communication, social and emotional development
• Think about how we frame delay and deficit in education practice.
• Understand regressive behaviours as a developmental stage from 2 years to 11 years
• Explore using a developmental framework to identify clues and insight into children’s struggles
• Consider the application of early developmental systems such as touch, movement, sound and breathing in naturally supporting delayed developmental stages

This training is aimed at children’s sector professionals working directly with children aged 0 - 12 years.

Early years practitioners and primary school teachers have been sharing concerns around children’s delayed communications skills and immature social and emotional development since the pandemic and consequent isolation during lockdown restrictions. Practitioners appear to have lost confidence in their skills to recognise whether children’s development is delayed or needs further assessment. This concern is shared worldwide and now a popular research topic.

This webinar will explore current research findings and give delegates the opportunity to reframe their understanding of child development by looking at the impact of early experiences on development processes. Using presentation, video and discussion delegates will have the opportunity to apply the understanding to children they currently work with.

Facilitator

Jeanne McLaughlin is a play therapist and clinical supervisor at With Kids and Honorary Lecturer at Glasgow University. Jeanne has thirty years of experience working with children. Her research on play therapy has been published in UK and international academic journals. She designed the infant-child development module with With Kids and Queen Margaret University MSc in Play Therapy.

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System requirements for attendees

This training will be delivered using Zoom. You can attend from anywhere using a compatible computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone connected to the internet.

Please note, some organisations have additional security settings that may prevent you from accessing Zoom on a work device.

Please check that your organisation permits access to Zoom. If they don’t provide access, we encourage you to use a personal device with Google Chrome instead. Otherwise, please speak to your IT team to gain access or ask them to change the security settings on your work device to access Zoom.

Closed Captioning and Live Transcription

Zoom enables Close Captioning and Live Transcription. Once you have joined the Zoom, you can access this by:

1. Click the “CC Live Transcript” button
2. Click one of the following:

• Show Subtitles – Displays captioning on the bottom of the video. You can also select Hide Subtitle once subtitles are selected to hide them.
• View Full Transcript – Opens a panel/pop-up and displays captions in real-time with both the speaker’s name and time stamp.

Accessibility

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Cancellation Policy

As a charity, Children in Scotland must cover the running costs of delivering events. We are therefore not in a position to offer refunds except under extenuating circumstances, in which case an administration fee would be applied.

Copyright and data sharing

Recording and/or distributing the training in any form is prohibited. This training may be recorded for internal review and use.

Please note that your personal details may be shared with the trainer for training purposes. These details will be deleted once the training has taken place.

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