Issue 27, Pages 8-9: Link Live Sessions
Date: Thursday 23rd November 2023 Venue: Online (and available on demand) Time: 15:30-17:00 Presenters Kate Freeman, consultant – speech and language in education Lynn How, SENCo, education consultant and founder...
Read moreIssue 27, Pages 6-7: There’s much more to ADHD than hyperactivity & inattention
When you think of ADHD, what first springs to mind? Hyperactive, misbehaving boys, day-dreaming girls? ADHD might stand for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder but there’s...
Read moreIssue 27, Pages 4-5: Advice from a ‘Peach Terrorist’
If you have worked with children with speech sound difficulties (perhaps using our Speech Link package) you will be familiar with how children develop sounds....
Read moreIssue 27, Page 4: Meet the therapist
Meet Yin, specialist speech and language therapist Tell us a little bit about yourself. Hiya! I am Yin Collighan and I am a specialist speech and language...
Read moreThe Link Supplement, Page 2-8: Language levels in the classroom, where are we now?
Current Challenges for Language Development Analysis of 50,000 Infant Language Link assessments performed in the autumn term 2020 showed an increase of over 20% in the...
Read moreThe Link Special Edition, Page 7: The impact of Language Link on attainment
To assess the impact of Infant Language Link on pupil attainment, we compared the progress of Reception children from schools using our package for two...
Read moreThe Link Magazine Research Supplement
Welcome to our research update In the news 1.7 million children and young people in the UK are affected by speech, language and communication needs. Evidence about speech,...
Read moreIssue 5, Page 12-13: Rhyme Time!
Ruth Merritt, SaLT, considers the importance of rhyme for speech, language and early literacy development. In a classroom the other day listening to a phonics session,...
Read moreIssue 3, Page 3: News in brief
Toxic Childhood: How the modern world is damaging our children and what we can do about it. Sue Palmer 2007 We often recommend this book in...
Read moreIssue 26, Page 8-9: How do you teach about periods to a Year 6/P7 class?
This is a lesson that many teachers dread, but you don’t have to. As a Year 6 teacher for 15 years, I have always found...
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