A short introduction to tactile cognitive training and learning

(for more info: www.fundamental-learning.dk)

Fundamental Tactile Learning (FTL) is a specially developed tactile training program that - in combination with the special designed tactile material kit - gives teachers, parents and therapists a unique opportunity to investigate and develop the child´s internal cognitive processes that are usually "invisible" .

FTL is especially useful for children who have challenges with their cognitive development and learning, but can also play a significant role in enriching the learning and development of children in general. Children´s perception and thinking today are often dominated by fast and simultaneous information gathering and processing, influenced by media and screens at the expense of slower, more thorough and sequential ("one-thing-at-a-time") information processing. Both types of cognitive processing are important, but for many children the sidedness and the deficiency become barriers to learning and cognitive development.

Target group

The webinar is specially aimed at professionals (teachers, therapists, cognitive trainers, pedagogues, occupational therapists) who work with younger children and children with learning difficulties, but it can also be relevant for parents homeschooling and other people interested in children´s learning and development who need inspiration about how to work with childen’s challenges.

Content, purpose and outcome of the webinar
The webinar will provide participants with a short introduction to the method, the material and some of the possibilities that this method offers.

• The potentials of working and training through the tactile sense
• Some basic knowledge about cognitive development, that is needed in order to design, organize and implement tactile-based cognitive training
• Mediation in tactile-based cognitive training
• Presentation of ways to identify cognitive functional challenges using tactile processes and materials
• Why the tactile way of working is excellent in showing and learning mediated learning in practice
• Introduction to the special developed tactile material kit named FundaMental™ Tactile Learning

Webinar teachers

Lars Ask Røgilds is an Associate Professor in Education, MSc. and an expert in mediated learning in relation to children and adolescents with cognitive impairment. Lars has been an associate professor of pedagogy for 20 years, originally trained as a social pedagogue and subsequently graduated from the University of Copenhagen. He has many years of experience as an instructor in mediated learning and has achieved certificates in Instrumental Enrichment (IE), Cognitive Abilities Profile (CAP) and Bright Start.

Jens Wilbrandt is an educational psychologist and has many years of experience in the special education field and is qualified in dynamic assessment and mediated learning (LPAD, DAYC, IE, Bright Start, Systematic Concept Teaching, Cognitive Abilities Profile). He is a frontrunner in development-oriented educational and psychological approaches. He has many years of experience as a facilitator, lecturer, and teacher in the neuropsychological and educational psychological field including mediated learning and dynamic assessment. In addition to carrying out a wide range of continued professional development tasks, he works with dynamic assessment, cognitive training and counselling in relation to children and adolescents with extensive developmental and learning issues and in relation to both school, residential and home care settings.

Price

The webinar is free.

Technical platform and prerequisites for online participation
The webinar is offered through Zoom Meeting platform. It is a prerequisite for webinar participation, that you have a well-functioning webcam and microphone solution and can join the course through a computer. If you are not sure whether your hardware is compatible and set up for Zoom Meeting, you can try it here: www.zoom.us/test

In addition participation requires a good and stable internet connection. As a rule of thumb, a minimum of 4-5 Mb in upload and 6-8 Mb download speed is required to have a good stable connection. If necessary, you can check your internet speed here: www.speedtest.net

Course organizer cannot be held responsible for lack of course outcome due to technical problems.

Course language

The webinar language is English.

Further information

If you have any questions, please feel free to write to the webinbar organizer Neuroguide.dk, psychologist Jens Wilbrandt, email: ftl@neuroguide.dk