Lucia Smith from Pelican Talk is a speech pathologist with 30 years’ experience. She runs training  for schools, therapists and allied health services on  a variety of topics. 

Sessions can be run face-to-face or via Zoom. Popular topics are below.

Workshops are adjusted to the needs of your service/school. Just contact us with your training needs!

• Being a Super Language Support
• What is dyslexia (and what is NOT dyslexia)? 
• Evidence-based teaching of literacy 
• Preventing Reading and Spelling Difficulties 
•  Language Development
• Speech Sound Development
• Making the Teaching of Grammar Fun!
• Social and Emotional Learning
• Phonological Awareness and Phonics 
• Getting Vowels Right ! (Why the spelling of vowels can be tricky) 
• Using Puppets for Social and Emotional Learning

Participants in Lucia’s sessions receive easy-to-follow information that can be put into practice straight away. Information is based on current research. Sessions come with loads of free resources and recommendations for other resources and programmes that are supported by research (such as the Sounds-Write programme, in which she has trained). 

An underlying theme in Lucia’s training is to have participants experience what it is like to have a speech, language or literacy difficulty.  Only in truly understanding our children, can we know what will assist them in their learning.