Early Educator Professional Development Program

TalkiPlay for Educators Professional development program 2023

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TalkiPlay for Educators is a comprehensive program delivered in 2023.

It is suitable for early childhood educators’ professional development, delivering four 60-minute live online training sessions and a six-part online modular training schedule comprising five 18-minute videos designed to build educators’ capabilities.

The program incorporates training, role modelling and professional discussions to generate improved child-led activities for communication and language development.

Educator professional development program Includes:

- Live online training sessions on speech & language development skills in an early learning setting
- Demonstrations of TalkiPlay in action
- How to create learning groups
- Why and when to select learning games
- Using additional expressive language
- Benefits of child-interest-led learning, and
- Understanding inclusion for children with differing language abilities & its impact it has on social communication skills.

Incorporating techniques to discover children’s interests (observation, verbal and non-verbal language, discussions with families); insights into language; communication delay for preschool children and the impact of language delay on school readiness; specific approaches to identify and set language goals; and reflective practice following implementation of the interventional games.

FAQ

Find the most frequently asked questions below.

Included in the Starter Kit is:
1x TalkiPlayer device (includes charging cord and a sleeping bag)

1x wooden rainbow, complete with TalkiTags

12x additional TalkiTags 

You’ll need to download the TalkiPlay app - only available in the Apple Store - to activate the TalkiPlayer device and program your tags.

Shipping is free within Australia for all orders over $50.  

Unfortunately at this stage we are unable to ship outside Australia.

The TalkiPlayer is designed especially for little hands! 

Standing at 8cm tall, the TalkiPlayer has been designed with occupational therapists to promote muscle development in little hands that will assist with activities such as holding eating utensils and pencils!

Of course you can!

Each TalkiPlayer Starter Kit comes with an additional 12 TalkiTags for you to attach to your own objects around the house. You can use these additional tags to place on other colour objects to use in the colour game, or you can unlock one of our other games and use the TalkiTags for those games. 

Extra TalkiTags are available for purchase from the TalkiPlay online shop.

Yes.

The cost of the TalkiPlay Starter Kit can be claimed back from the consumables budget on your NDIS plan. If you are self managed you can claim back the cost after purchase through the NDIS portal. If you have a plan manager, simply email us at accounts@talkiplay.com to request an invoice - more detailed information about this process can be found on our dedicated NDIS information page.

Currently, the TalkiPlay app is only available in the Apple store. You will need an iPhone or iPad to download the TalkiPlay app, which assists in programming your TalkiPlay device.

We are working hard to bring you an android version.