Issue 9, Page 6: Making Literacy Fun for the Child with SLCN
Prompted by a chance meeting with a teenager who admitted that reading was a major struggle because, as she said, 'The words just don't go...
Read moreIssue 9, Page 4-5: Supporting a child who stammers
Before Therapy These pictures were drawn by a child when asked to 'draw his stammer', before and after receiving therapy. They help us understand what it...
Read moreIssue 9, Page 3: SLCN Glossary
Stammer versus Stutter People often ask speech and language therapists the difference between stammering, stuttering and dysfluency. The answer is ... there is no difference. The...
Read moreIssue 9, Page 14: School News
Using Language Link Interventions Successfully By Christine Goode and Amanda Stait, Gladstone Primary School, Barry Here at Gladstone School we pride ourselves on helping our children achieve...
Read moreIssue 9, Page 12-13: Guarding the mental and emotional health of children with SLCN
There has recently been an increase in coverage within the media about the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children, and with good reason. Recent...
Read moreIssue 8, Page 3: Language Link within the Scarborough Pledge Initiative
Vicki Logan, Overdale CPS, Scarborough Leading Headteacher for Scarborough Pledge Initiative to develop Speech and Language The Scarborough Pledge has supported the Headteachers of the Coastal schools...
Read moreIssue 8, Page 15: Meet the team & Free Resource
Whitstable became my home 14 years ago after relocating from South East London for life by the sea. The change of location brought about a...
Read moreIssue 8, Page 14: School News – Language Link in the Classroom – A Review from Nine Acres Primary School, Isle of Wight
Nine Acres Primary School was thrilled to learn that we were one of the winners for the SLCNewsletter Competition! As a school, we take enormous pride...
Read moreIssue 8, Page 12: Childhood Acquired Brain Injury
There may be a child with acquired brain injury (ABI) within your school, since it is one of the largest causes of disability in the...
Read moreIssue 8, Page 6: SLCN Glossary
EAL versus EFL English as an additional language (EAL) is the term used in the UK to refer to the teaching of pupils whose home or...
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