1. Worcestershire Communication TAs Summer term 2016 Update

3. Have you registered yet? ALL Communication TAs need to register again for the 2016/7 academic year to make sure our lists are up to date. This year it is a really simple online form – go to www.hacw.nhs.uk/communicationtas www.hacw.nhs.uk/communicationtas

4. Cluster Coordinators Worcester City: Sarah Smith – Sarah.smith155@nhs.net ; 01905 681592 Sarah.smith155@nhs.net Wychavon: Sarah Morris – Sarah.morris49@nhs.net ; 01527 4883276 Sarah.morris49@nhs.net Malvern: Heather Dee – Heather.dee@nhs.net; 01905 681592 Heather.dee@nhs.net Redditch: Emma Checketts – Emma.Checketts@nhs.net; 01527 488326 Emma.Checketts@nhs.net Bromsgrove: Liz Spooner – l.spooner@nhs.net ; 01527 488326 l.spooner@nhs.net Wyre Forest: Emela Milne – Emela.Milne@nhs.net; 01562 752749 Emela.Milne@nhs.net

5. No Pens day Wednesday! 5 th October 2016 www.thecommunicationtrust.org.uk Free to register No Pens Lesson plans for every subject and every year group

6. We will be visiting some schools who are taking part in No Pens Day Wednesday so let us know if you have registered! You could win a Word Aware book and/or lesson for one of your classes

7. Have you looked at our website? www.hacw.nhs.uk/childrensSLT You can find: Loads of free resources! Information about the service Referral forms The SLCN pathway Training news Additional services information Get Worcestershire Talking news

8. Resources www.languageforlearning.co.uk www.languageforlearning.co.uk

9. Training Word Aware in the Early Years 8 th July www.languageforlearning.co.uk www.languageforlearning.co.uk

10. Training

14. Training 2016/7: Teaching children to Talk 24.6.16 Early Years Listening 21.10.16 Memory & Learning 10.11.16 Speech 23.11.16 Early Years Understanding 16.1.17 Teaching Children to Listen 3.2.17 Phonological Processing for Literacy 15.3.17 Word finding & Vocabulary 30.3.17 Early Years Speech 4.5.17 Social skills 17.5.17 Teaching children to Talk 9.6.17

15. Autumn Dates – Communication TA events Secondary 17.10.16 PM Wyre Forest 18.10.16 AM Bromsgrove 19.10.16 PM Wychavon 31.10.16 PM Worcester 1.11.16 AM Malvern 2.11.16 AM Redditch 3.11.16 PM

16. Keep in touch… Worcestershire Speech and Language Therapy Closed group - Worcestershire Communication TAs Twitter - @SLT_Worcs - worcsSLT Instagram - slt_worcs www.hacw.nhs.uk/childrensSLT www.hacw.nhs.uk/communicationtas Language for Learning news page: www.languageforlearning.co.uk/news