Welcome to our Communication page where you will find lots of information about the work that our Speech and Language Therapists do at School.
Meet our Speech and Language Therapists:
Katrina
Katrina graduated as a Speech and Language Therapist from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, and has since then gained experience across a range of primary schools including mainstream, SEMH, ASD, and Social Communication difficulties. She has also conducted work and created visual resources to support people with learning disabilities and/or who are vulnerable for the Scottish Justice System. She enjoys working across all ages and finds it pivotal that the student is able to communicate to express their views and opinions. She will therefore be working closely with students, teachers and TAs to help develop language and communication skills.
Website- www.unlockinglanguage.co.uk
Useful reading material and activities to try at home:
Attention autism key point stage 1 and 2
How to create opportunities for communication
How to make your own sensory toy
Intensive interaction guide for parents
Supporting emotional regulation at home
Our latest Blog
STRATEGIES TO HELP A CHILD WHO FINDS MAKING CHOICES AND COPING WITH CHANGES DIFFICULT
Sign of the Week: To Kick
You can keep up to date with The Sign Of The Week by visiting the Makaton website here where you will be able to view videos of the signs. Watch the latest video below:
For previous signs please click on this symbol: 
There are also lots of free downloads on the Makaton website. Please click here to access some really useful free resources.
More Makaton signs with Mr. Tumble to practice at home:
Please download the list of core vocabulary words here: Core Vocabulary Wordlist
At Haymerle School we use PECS amongst other forms of communication. The primary goal of PECS is to teach functional communication using a picture based communication system.
For more information on PECS, please visit the PECS website by clicking here.
Please click on the picture below to read our Communication Policy:
