Language Development: Increasing vocalisations in pre-verbal children

Some children suffer from a language disorder, whether it is an inability to understand language or to produce functional speech.  This webinar is designed to assist parents, caregivers, teachers and health professionals on how to promote language development in children.  You are given extensive information how to elicit vocalisations in children who are pre-verbal or non-verbal. Developmental stages of language are discussed to help you understand what skills pre-requisites are necessary to encourage functional sounds.  Ways to motivate your child to learn initial language skills are discussed in detail and video footage is presented to further explain the content provided. Examples of recording sheets are given to help you track progress and skill acquisition.

Workshop outline

• Language disorders
• Early Language Development
• Where to begin to promote language
• Prerequisite skills for language development
• Motivation and Engagement
• Prompting: helping the child
• PECS and sign language
• Generalisation of language skills
• Tracking progress and skill acquisition

Developed and recorded by Dr Jacques Duff  and Helen Salter
Duration 1 hour 45 minutes

Completion of this course does not confer professional registration or qualification. Participants who are not registered health practitioners should not use these techniques in a clinical or therapeutic capacity without supervision by a registered professional.

Updated on 03/03/2026 by Dr Jacques Duff BA Psych; Grad Dip Applied Psychology PhD; MAPS
Reviewed on: 05/03/2026 by: Bernard Ferriere Clinical Psychologist; BA; Grad Dip Applied Psychology; Dip Clinical Hypnosis; MAPS