Issue 18, Page 18-19: Impact Study: How targeted SLCN interventions from Language Link raise attainment

Conclusions The Language Link interventions enabled children to make more progress with their language skills across the year, than children in the control schools. There were highly...

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Issue 18, Page 16-17: Social communication needs explained

An outline of the diagnoses that children with social communication needs can receive, and the solutions that teachers can use to promote successful learning. There are...

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Issue 18, Page 14-15: Life and death after lockdown

For many children, it may take months or even years for them to recover from the emotional impact of the last few months. Schools will...

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Issue 18, Page 13: The Ultimate Guide to SLCN

Help to develop the SLCN knowledge base of your workforce for a communication friendly school Schools are getting increasingly better at considering whether SLCN might be...

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Issue 18, Page 10-11: Masked feelings: suppressing emotions to cope with school

Often when a child is feeling sad, angry or anxious there will be a change in behaviour. The child may cry, hit out, withdraw... Something...

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Issue 17, Page 9: Introducing the Parent Portal, brought to you by Speech and Language Link

We have been working on a Parent Portal so that parents have a wealth of free resources and activities to enable them to support their...

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Issue 15, Page 6-7: Access Arrangements for Pupils with Speech, Language and Communication Needs

Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) is the umbrella term for a variety of disorders in which an individual can struggle to listen, understand and...

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Issue 15, Page 5: What can your school do to raise awareness of DLD?

The more we know about DLD, the more children and young people with the condition can get the right information, help and support. Everyone working...

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Issue 15, Page 15-19: Literacy Difficulties? It could be SLCN

SLCN is the most common primary area of need for pupils with SEN at 23%. However, when it comes to getting support through an EHCP,...

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Issue 14, Page 14-19: Language or Behaviour? How do you know?

Understanding and using language is fundamental to being included in today’s service industry society, with access to the jobs market increasingly dependent on strong communication...

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