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Talk for all
- Professionals and Clinicians
- Training and workshops
- Speech, language and communication
This workshop is for professionals only
Talk for all is an intensive course with optional accreditation. It is for any practitioner, including childminders, who work with early years children (1 to 4 years old).
This course builds on our Early years communication and language toolkit training. It is also an optional course for early years communication champions.
Aim of this workshop
- Identify and help children with speech, language and communication needs
- Strengthen your understanding of the impact of speech, language and communication difficulties in children
- Identify children with attention and listening, comprehension, expressive language, phonology difficulties
- Understand and use universal and targeted strategies to help children with attention and listening, comprehension, expressive language, phonology difficulties
- Confidently refer children with attention and listening, comprehension, expressive language, phonology difficulties
- Understand the development of English as a second language and how to help this development in your educational setting
Topics covered in this course
- Introduction - Statistics and speech, language and communication prevalence causes brain development
- How and when does communication develop
- Role of the adult - Adult and child interactions
- Communication friendly spaces - Setting the environment for communication
- Speech sounds
- Bilingualism
- Dysfluency
- Communication strategies in the home
- Supporting parents of children with speech, language, communication needs (SLCN)
- Adverse childhood experiences and speech, language, communication needs (SLCN)
- Role of speech and language therapy and referrals
Entry criteria
This workshop is for early years professionals. This includes nursery workers, childminders and early years practitioners.
Workshop dates
The booking window will close 2 working days before the date of the training.
Please note, if you do not attend the workshop, you may be charged a penalty fee.
If you work in Bedford Borough, you will need to log into the e-learning portal Learning Central to access the workshop. Read more about Learning Central.
If you work in Central Bedfordshire, you will need to log into the e-learning portal Learning Central to access the workshop. Read more about Learning Central.
If you work in Luton, email flyingstart@eyalliance.org.uk for more information.
Once you have completed the e-learning please email ccs.beds.childrens.slt.training@nhs.net to book your place on one of our Professional Study Groups. On completion of the Study Group you will receive your course certificate.
Last reviewed: 1 November, 2024
