Claire Forrest

Developmental Psychologist | #DevLangDis | #SEMH |📢#SpeakUp4CommRights

[Julian Grenier CBE @juliangrenier]

A few quick responses to today’s announcement from the chancellor. Others will do the detailed analysis of the funding etc much better than me.

As a nursery school headteacher here are my 4 key points. A short 🧵

[Claire Forrest @drC_Fo]

Some interesting reading given today's budget decision for the #EarlyYears #EYFS #TeacherTwitter 💼💷

[Claire Forrest @drC_Fo]

@VassilisSide omg, 'rust-out' 😂it's my dream to coin one of these terms!

[Claire Forrest @drC_Fo]

I like this approach - and open and honest conversation WITH students about the pros and cons of using AI for essays👇

[Claire Forrest @drC_Fo]

@DrKeriWong @IoEPsychEdu @UCLChangeMakers @UCL_IOE_PHD me!...and i need another lever and bloom coffee already 🙃

[Claire Forrest @drC_Fo]

Visiting my parents and accidentally went back in time

[Claire Forrest @drC_Fo]

Do any #slpeeps #MySLTDay #WeSpeechies #DevLangDis have resources for hospitalised adults with learning disability?

[Dr Abbie Jones @abbiejones86]

Any health psych people able to point me in the direction of resources to support adults with learning disabilities in hospital and injury recovery?
Yesterday my sister (30s, Down syndrome) fell and badly broke her ankle. Hard couple of days in and out of hospital with her,

[Claire Forrest @drC_Fo]

@abbiejones86 Ach sorry to hear that Abbie! Wishing her a speedy recovery and hope she (and you) can still enjoy Xmas

[Claire Forrest @drC_Fo]

@sineadjhar love the 2020 one!

[Claire Forrest @drC_Fo]

@VassilisSide girl after my own heart

[Claire Forrest @drC_Fo]

Absolutely loved seeing how Talking Time was implemented in some of the nursery settings 🤩

Children were engaged, contributed to conversations and repeated teacher talk (e.g. "I wonder...") when looking at the books on their own👧👦📚 🙌

[UCL Centre for Inclusive Education @UCL_IOE_CIE]

Alana Colgate and Jackie Thomas sharing some examples of how the Talking Time intervention was implemented in their settings.

@UCL_IOE_PHD @Lang_Lit_Num @NuffieldFound @EducEndowFoundn

[UCL Centre for Inclusive Education @UCL_IOE_CIE]

Wendy Lee sharing some of the #languagelearning strategies used in the Talking Time project 👀

@UCL_IOE_PHD @Lang_Lit_Num

[UCL Centre for Inclusive Education @UCL_IOE_CIE]

Wendy Lee talking about using Talking Time in the classroom, while drawing upon the expertise of #nursery educators.

@Lang_Lit_Num @UCL_IOE_PHD

[UCL Centre for Inclusive Education @UCL_IOE_CIE]

@drC_Fo speaking about the children who took part in the Talking Time study, and how this informed intervention to foster their #orallanguage skills.

@UCL_IOE_PHD @Lang_Lit_Num

[UCL Centre for Inclusive Education @UCL_IOE_CIE]

Dr Jenna Charlton speaking about the parents who took part in the Talking Time study and their concerns, as part of the Talking Time conference.

@Lang_Lit_Num @UCL_IOE_PHD

[UCL Centre for Inclusive Education @UCL_IOE_CIE]

Dr @juliangrenier highlighting how language intervention in the early years can have a lasting impact on children's lives.

@Lang_Lit_Num @CIE_IOE #TalkingTime

[UCL Centre for Inclusive Education @UCL_IOE_CIE]

"If we care about equity, we need to care about children's oral language"

Hearing from @juliangrenier on some of the challenges or oral language in the early years and how we can start to address these, as part of the Talking Time conference.

@UCL_IOE_PHD @Lang_Lit_Num

[UCL Centre for Inclusive Education @UCL_IOE_CIE]

Professor Julie Docrell kicking off The Talking Time conference hosted by us here at @CIE_IOE #ucl @UCL_IOE

[Claire Forrest @drC_Fo]

A brilliant evening yesterday sharing some of the things we've been working on for the past 18 months.
Thank you to all those involved - such a brilliant community of educators and researchers committed to helping improve #OralLanguage in the #EarlyYears

[UCL Centre for Inclusive Education @UCL_IOE_CIE]

Starting now!🥳

The Talking Time Study conference highlighting the importance of oral language in the early years.

@Lang_Lit_Num @UCL_IOE

[Claire Forrest @drC_Fo]

@VassilisSide aw, i wish i was in today. can you let us know next time she's working?