{"id":114,"date":"2016-05-05T14:17:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T14:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/sealcc\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2016-05-16T14:50:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T14:50:43","slug":"conference-2014","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/sealcc\/conferences-and-events\/conference-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supporting Developing Bilingual Learners\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>with other Additional Support Needs<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Keynote speaker: Tony Cline –\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span>Responding to the language needs and learning needs\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span>of students learning EAL who experience difficulties in the classroom.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tony Cline is Co-Director of Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology, University College London and Visiting Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Bedfordshire<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tony initially worked in inner city and suburban areas around London as a teacher in primary and secondary schools and as an educational psychologist and educational psychology tutor. He then spent eight years as Principal Educational Psychologist for the Inner London Education Authority. Subsequently he moved into higher education, where he has led professional training in Educational Psychology at University College London and headed the Department of Psychology and the Centre for Education Studies at the University of Luton (and its successor, the University of Bedfordshire) before returning to UCL to take up his present post in September 2004. His 100+ publications have covered a wide range of subjects, including psychological assessment, dyslexia, the education of bilingual children and selective mutism, including the textbook, Special Educational Needs, Inclusion and Diversity. <\/em>He chaired the Editorial Board of the National Association of Special Educational Needs for six years. His external training and consultancy work has taken him to over 50 local education authorities and professional associations in the last fifteen years.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Multidisciplinary workshops<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1-Understanding selective mutism and how it affects developing bilingual learners.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Tessa Humby (City of Edinburgh ASL Service)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Lorraine O\u2019Sullivan (City of Edinburgh Psychological Services).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This workshop will centre around 3 main points:<\/p>\n