Child Development
BIG ISSUE: Children's speech and language delays
What are the problems and what action is being taken to solve them?
Jean Gross: education and health should work together to support children's speech and language
Cuts across the country are a significant threat to vital speech and...
£1.3m for early language support training
Children's charities working with children with special educational needs and disabilities will...
Learning & Development: Communication - Let go!
A communication project has opened practitioners' and parents' eyes to the power...
Toddlers with delayed speech no more likely to have emotional problems as they grow up
Children who are late talkers are at no greater risk of suffering...
A Unique Child: Selective Mutism - Silent types
How do you distinguish between children who are shy or 'just very...
Learning & Development: Communication, language and literacy - Speaking out
In the national year of communication, research by Nursery World and the...
Learning & Development: Communication - Part 6 - Beyond words
Initiatives by Government and other agencies are encouraging communication, says Helen Moylett,...
Learning & Development: Communication - Part 5 - Think twice
Let the home language into the nursery for children communicating bilingually, says...
Nursery World and National Literacy Trust launch language development survey
How do you support language development? Take part in our survey and...
Learning & Development: Communication Part 4 - By the book
Narrative boosts language skills and lays the foundations for reading and writing.
Learning & Development: Communication, Part 3 - Parent talk
It may seem obvious to say that a child's communication begins at...
Positive Relationships: Speech - Go with the flow
Practitioners can do a lot to help young children overcome their stammering,...
To the point - Our job to communicate
I am really pleased that 2011 has been designated 'the year of...
In my view - Listening comes first
Susan Stranks, co-ordinator of the Sound Start Group and non-profit internet radio...
Learning & Development, Communication: Part 2 - Friendly places
The whole learning environment in which young children spend their time needs...
TV and computers wrongly blamed for children's speech problems
One in six parents wrongly blame watching too much TV and technology...
Analysis: Sign up for 'Hello' campaign
There's plenty that you can do to be support this vital drive,...
Learning & Development: Communication: Part 1 - Time to talk
A new series on communication skills and good early years practice is...
Level 3 Diploma, Part 1: Supporting Children's Speech, Language and Communication
Understanding and promoting children's communication skills is a compulsory part of the...
Time to talk with your chatterboxes
Nurseries, playgroups and primary schools are being invited to register and get...
Learning & Development: ECAT - Stage struck
A partnership between Every Child A Talker and a community theatre company...
EYFS Training part 9 - Communication and Language
Communication is at the basis of good practice, says Mary Evans.
Speech year is in jeopardy
Concerns have been raised that the National Year of Speech, Language and...
Learning & Development: Language - Sign posting
Can signing help hearing children to develop language quickly? Michael Jones reports...
Learning & Development: Attention - Listen with Lucy
An alternative form of circle time is teaching young children to listen...
Learning & Development: Language - Time to talk
Poor communication skills in young children are the subject of a new...
Study shows why talking to babies helps
Babies learn more from hearing words than they do from listening to...
Positive relationships: A parent's guide to ... Speech
Children's speech is such a hot topic that the Government has appointed...
Voluntary-sector consortium to lead national campaign to highlight children's speech and language
The Communication Trust, a 38-strong consortium of private and voluntary-sector providers, will...
Vocabulary of poorer children 'lags a year behind'
Children growing up in the poorest families are almost a year behind...
Enabling Environments: Tried and Tested - Mind your language!
Products to encourage children's verbal and written communication skills are tested by...
Children's speech delays profiled by Communication Champion
Nearly one in six children have difficulty learning to talk, according to...
Children's speech development impaired by fingers and dummies
Children who suck their fingers or use a dummy for more than...
Children's lack of oral skills causes alarm
Children are starting school unable to speak or understand simple sentences, according...
Opinion: In my view - Guidance for talking
The need for good speaking, listening and communication skills in the early...
Guide to embedding baby talk strategy in local authorities
A new guide calling for local authorities to ensure that early years...
Learning & Development: Language Skills - Talk back
The first wave of Every Child A Talker is already producing noticeable...
Positive Relationships: Ask the expert ... Lack of speech
How do you deal with a child who never says a word...
Learning & Development: National Strategies series - part 5 - Children communicating - Talk it over
In the fifth of our National Strategies features on the Early Years...
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