Developmental Language Disorder – The Voice of the Children and Young People
On 28th April 2018, NAPLIC (Professionals Supporting Communication and Language Development) held its annual conference in Birmingham, drawing a host of Speech and Language Therapists...
Read moreLanguage and Communication in the revised Early Learning Goals
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Statutory Framework was revised in June this year by the Department for Education (DfE), with redrafted Early Learning Goals. The...
Read moreNational Teaching Assistant Day Friday 14th September
Celebrating Teaching Assistants, Learning Support assistants, Cover Supervisors and Learning Mentors across England and Wales: National Teaching Assistant Day Friday 14th September. According to the event’s website ‘96% of headteachers believe TAs add...
Read moreBuilding a Solid Foundation for Literacy
Literacy, while a seemingly innocuous (although incredibly important) topic, stirs up fierce debate across the globe when it comes to which approach we should be...
Read moreAre EAL Descriptors useful for our bilingual children?
‘Put simply, bilingualism is the ability to use two languages’ (Franson, 2007). Chin and Wigglesworth (2007) state that it is rare to find an individual...
Read moreThe impact of ‘Fake News’ on children with SLCN
The term ‘fake news’ has been in the media frequently in the last year, and continues to rear its ugly head, particularly on social media....
Read moreWorking on Speech Sounds – A Case Study
Children develop their full range of speech sounds over time - it is normal for very young children to make errors as they develop and...
Read moreBercow 10 Years On – Part 2
On March 20th 2018, findings were published from an independent review into services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN),...
Read moreHow to use Task Management Boards
Classroom resources for supporting SLCN are essential for teachers, and many are supplied as part of our SLCN support packages. Today, we are going to...
Read moreTop Tips for teaching Science to children with SLCN
Friday 9th March 2018 sees the start of International Science Week! To celebrate, we have put together our top tips for making science lessons more...
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