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Calling all kids who love acting, singing, dancing and performing!
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chool age students from Years 1 to 12 can learn new skills and have fun in an exciting range of short courses in drama, screen acting, dance, jazz, music theatre and screen performance throughout January as part of the WAAPA Summer School at Edith Cowan University in Mount Lawley. WAAPA offers the most comprehensive range of performing arts courses in Australia. With access to WAAPA’s expert staff and outstanding facilities, the Summer School offers a safe environment that fosters creativity and discovery. The courses build confidence, teamwork and self-esteem while developing the skills necessary to be a successful performer on the stage and screen. The Waappettes for primary aged children offers workshops in acting for stage and
screen, plus the ever-popular music theatre course. Secondary school students can enjoy three-day to week-long courses learning about voice, movement, acting technique, improvisation and dance – plus, for budding jazz musicians, an exciting three days of workshops on improvisation and ensemble playing, run by WAAPA’s internationally renowned lecturers. Earlybird prices close soon and there are limited places available, so book now to avoid disappointment! Scan the QR code with your smartphone’s camera and explore the courses on offer!
What the kids say,
What the parents say,
“The best thing about Summer school was that the teachers always make the class fun in the best way possible, and that all the kids were nice. The best thing was everything! Being part of a team, meeting new people and getting great direction.”
“The experience really motivated my daughter and she loved the experience and wants more participation with WAPPA. We as parents could see how enthusiastic your course made our daughter and she can’t wait for more!”
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New research on language development
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esearch conducted at Telethon Speech & Hearing has provided preliminary evidence supporting the positive impact of data-based feedback to help improve verbal interactions between parents and children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Led by Telethon Speech & Hearing’s researcher Dr Yuriko Kishida, the study found the use of a data-visualisation based feedback model, together with existing listening and spoken language therapy helped increase conversational turns between parents and their children in the program. Parents and their children with permanent hearing loss, aged 15 to 39 months participated in this study for 8 to 17 weeks as they attended weekly therapy sessions at Telethon Speech & Hearing. During this time, therapists, working together with Dr Kishida, provided systematic graphical feedback to parents. Parents and therapists used feedback data for individualised goal planning, to help facilitate children’s language use. Following the feedback sessions, conversational turns between parents and children increased overall outside of formal listening and language therapy time. International researchers have found that the number of conversational turns that young children have with adults can
predict later language development and later IQ, and correlate with brain activity and brain structure. (1, 2) The research, published in the International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, now provides emerging evidence that databased feedback can further improve caregivers’ skills to promote their interactions with their children in a listening and spoken language program. The feedback model used also has the potential to assist practitioners’ databased practice, which is advantageous for children who are deaf hard of hearing.
For more information about the research study scan the QR code above with your smartphone’s camera. References: 1. lena.org/lena-technology-meta-analysis/ 2. lena.org/conversational-turns-faq/
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