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Small pebbles create big ripples

‘‘Speech, Language and Communication without Speech, Language and Communication without question, is key to learning’question, is key to learning’

(Boyer 1991)(Boyer 1991)

10% of children – that’s two to three in every UK classroom – have some form of long term communication difficulty that can affect them early, severely and for life.

There is a window of opportunity to learn language. By 6yrs old it gets harder to learn these skills.

The majority of 7 year olds with speech, language and communication difficulties won’t catch up.

Reasons to prioritise communication

It doesn’t happen by accident.You can make a difference.It is important to know what happens and when.Talking and listening is key.The earlier we help the better.

Speech and Language Speech and Language Friendly SchoolsFriendly Schools

Empower Enrich

Engage Evaluate

Engage

Collaboration

Parents Schools SLT LEA

Whole School

Approach

Embedded in school

improvement and self

evaluationAwareness of

speech, language and

communication development

Identifying, planning and monitoring outcomes

Good practice for all

Parental involvement

Accessing effective training

Pilot

Teaching Talking

Language GroupsSupporting Parents

Training