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...
Read moreEEF 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...
Read moreReturning 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...
Read moreYou 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...
Read moreBridging the Word Gap at Transition: The Oxford Language Report – a response by Speech and Language Link
A recent report published by the Centre for Education and Youth, alongside Oxford University Press, highlights concern about pupils’ poor vocabulary development and the impact...
Read moreHow to choose an SLCN intervention for your school
Speech, language and communication skills underpin children’s ability to learn and have a direct impact on their academic and life outcomes. Up to 50% of...
Read moreDo you get me?
How many times have you been lost in a conversation, or not heard what someone is saying, because they speak too quietly, because a loud...
Read moreUniversal Communication Aids for Emotional Literacy
When was the last time you had a tantrum in the supermarket?! As adults, we rarely fly off the handle and create a scene! We have...
Read moreIntroducing Universal Communication Aids Into Your Classroom
It can be difficult to implement communication aids in the classroom for a number of reasons. Staff can be worried about the impact of singling...
Read moreRaising awareness for Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)
The term Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) was launched in 2017, with the first awareness day taking place quickly afterwards. Tomorrow is this year’s DLD Awareness...
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