Language Development in Egypt Event October 22

Supporting Oral Language Development in the Early Years in Egypt

  • Venue: Ramses Hilton Hotel, Nile Corniche, Cairo
  • Start: Sun, 23 Oct 2022 08:30:00 BST
  • End: Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:30:00 BST

We will be holding a workshop 'Supporting Oral Language Development in the Early Years in Egypt' in October 2022

This event is aimed at practitioners working with children in Egypt. Please see the programme of events below (in English and Arabic) and register your interest here

 

Supporting oral language development in the Early Years in Egypt 

  

About the event  

In this event we are delighted to work with you as Speech and Language Therapy Practitioners and leaders to share evidence and to learn from you about your practice in Egypt. The event will be a mixture between lectures and small group workshops.  

Programme  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

9 – 9:30 
  

Welcome & Introduction to Bulbul & Aims of the day  

 

Professor Ghada Khattab, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University 

 
 
 
 
 

9:30 – 10:00 
 
 

Introduction to the Egyptian Communicative Development Inventory (Arabic CDI) - a free robust tool to assess child language 

 

Professor Caroline Floccia, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Plymouth University& Dr Alshaimaa Abdelwahab, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Plymouth University  

 
 
 
 
 

10: 00- 10:15 
 
 

Language Testing of Arabic-Speaking Children- The Arabic Language Test 

Professor Nahla AlrifaiProfessor and head of Phoniatrics unit Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University 
 
 
 
 

10:15-10:30 
 
 

Recent innovations in Arabic Speech and Language Tools 

Professor Dalia Mostafa Osman, Professor of Phoniatrics, at Phoniatric unit, Otolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University 
 
 
 
 

10:30 - 11 
Break  
 
 
 
 

11 – 1  
 

Parent Child Interaction Interventions  

Professor Cristina McKean, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University and Dr Camille Messarra, University St Josef, Beirut 

 

  • Current research regarding the promotion of responsive parental interaction to address language difficulties (45 minutes) 

  • Workshop 1:  

  • Exploring SLT practice in Egypt regarding parent child interaction interventions  

 
 
 
 
 

1 – 2  
Lunch  
 
 
 
 

2 – 3:30 
 
 

Public health approaches to child language  

Professor Cristina McKean  

and Dr Edith Kouba Hreich(University St Josef, Beirut, Lebanon) 

  • Current research regarding public health/preventative approaches  

  • Workshop 2: 

  • Exploring public health approaches to support child language in Egypt  

  • Exploring the potential to facilitate public health practices for child language in Egypt through using the Arabic CDI  

 
 
 
 
 

3:30  
Thank you and farewells 

 

 

We would be delighted if you could join us 

Please register your interest here

 

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