Supporting refugee and asylum seeker children with EAL – half day professional development for TAs and support staff

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School communities across Devon have welcomed many refugee and asylum seeker children.  We know that teaching assistants and support staff in schools are often the main support for children with an additional language.  We are pleased to offer this fully funded training session for all Devon schools.

Only available to Devon schools and are free to attend.

Training objectives

  • where to find information and support
  • theories of language acquisition
  • EAL proficiency assessments
  • strategies to support language acquisition
  • culture and implementing a culturally inclusive curriculum
  • understanding toxic stress
  • strategies and support for embedding an equality and diversity policy
  • understanding bullying, prejudice, racist incident (BPRI) reporting process