June 2, 2021

A review of The Link Live 2021: An SLCN journey from 4-14 years

We had a fantastic time at our first ever virtual conference – The Link Live 2021. A massive thank you to all of our presenters...

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May 20, 2021

Supporting children and young people with SLCN to share their views

Helping children and young people to find their voices is an important part of every educator’s role. Sometimes this might mean that we hear things...

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May 20, 2021

How do we identify children with SEND (including those with speech, language and communication needs)?

By Kate Freeman, Consultant - Speech and Language in Education The classification of SEND (special educational needs and disability) applies to four in ten children at...

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May 6, 2021

‘Between Brains’: Motivating Tweens and Teens with SLCN

Supporting adolescents with SLCN as they move into KS3 is crucial, to ensure progress continues and the vital skills required for all aspects of learning...

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May 5, 2021

Speak up with Speech and Language Link

What a week of focus on children and young people’s speech, language and communication skills! Last week saw the publishing of an important report looking at...

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April 15, 2021

The impact of Covid-19 on teachers’ voice

A teacher’s voice is their most important tool; for engaging and motivating pupils, delivering important information clearly, supporting social and emotional development, and managing behaviour. Due...

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April 1, 2021

How working from home has changed our posture

Over the last 12 months I, like many others have had to change the way I work and one of the biggest downsides of this...

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March 12, 2021

EEF Blog: Learning recovery and the role of diagnostic assessment – a response by Speech and Language Link

In a recent blog, the EEF’s national content manager, Alex Quigley, discussed the important role of diagnostic assessment in supporting pupils as they return to...

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March 4, 2021

Returning to school and looking towards recovery

With the roadmap for easing lockdown laid out in front of us and vaccines being rolled out across the country, it is starting to feel...

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February 4, 2021

You can’t read hieroglyphics if you don’t understand Egyptian!

Over the Christmas holidays, during the flurry of parcels being delivered to my house, I received a parcel that I had not ordered myself that...

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