Cultural Capital: Which capital are we valuing?
Nicola Demetriadi reflects on the role popular culture can play in meeting a child’s cultural...
Children's Speech & Language
What are the problems and what action is being taken to solve them?
Charity's five year strategy aims to help all children with speech and language challenges
A five-year strategy has been launched to place children’s speech and language higher on the...
Claire Whittaker: ‘We are now seeing a generation of children who are arriving at preschool unable to form basic sentences or share toys’
Claire explains how she feels she is leading the way in a revolutionary form of speech therapy, for...
Coalition of experts call on Government to urgently address SEND workforce shortage
A coalition of over 100 organisations and charities have published an open letter calling for...
I CAN changes name to Speech and Language UK
The speech and language charity I CAN is changing its name to reach more of the almost one in five...
Enabling Environments - Power of print
What is the difference between a print-rich environment and visual noise? Emma Davis argues for...
'Funding for children's speech and language has been sorely lacking'
Up to 1.5 million children are at risk of speech and language delay, which is why their support...
Children's laureate calls on PM to invest in school libraries
Children’s laureate Cressida Cowell is calling on the Prime Minister to invest £100m a year to...
Coronavirus: Children missed out on speech and language therapy in first lockdown
Large numbers (62 per cent) of children and young people needing speech and language therapy did not...
Speech and language charity I CAN names new CEO
Children’s communication charity I CAN has appointed Jane Harris as its new chief executive.
Interview - Helen Boden, CEO , British Dyslexia Association
Children are usually diagnosed with dyslexia between six and seven years old, but practitioners can...
Free school pupils score higher in phonics check
Children attending free schools and converter academies outperformed those in sponsored academies...
Speech - In the clear
What are the effects of dummy use on young children’s speech and language development? Radhika...
EYFS training: part 7 – communication and language - Keep talking
How might the Government’s primary school pledge and new ELGs affect C&L training? By Charlotte...
Prime Minister urged to create long-term strategy for children with SLCN
I CAN and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists are calling on the incoming PM to...
New DfE programme to support disadvantaged children's language development
The £845,000 scheme to boost children’s speech, language and communication skills has launched in...
Children's Commissioner warns of speech and language therapy postcode lottery
Too many vulnerable young children are missing out on the speech and language help they need to be...
Language unlocks reading
Andrea Quincey is head of primary English at Oxford University Press, which has today published a...
DfE funds £6.5m plan to tackle early language gap
Under-fives living in disadvantaged areas are to benefit from additional help with their early...
One year on…
The Bercow: Ten Years On report revealed some good progress, but we need to keep the momentum going...
Cheltenham early years centre wins Shine a Light Award
Battledown Centre for Children and Families in Cheltenham has been awarded Early Years Setting of...
Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN
Sixty charities and organisations have joined forces to urge the Prime Minister to do more to...
Health visitors to be trained to close the word gap
A thousand health visitors in the most deprived parts of England will be given specialist training...
Interview - Cerys Griffiths
The BBC’s new early years language and literacy initiative aims to halve the pre-school language...
Sector outraged at plans to train shop staff to support children's language
The early years community has reacted with horror to reports of a new Government scheme that...
Shops and businesses to help children develop language skills
Clarks has pledged to train all 6,500 of its staff in developing children’s speech, language and...
'We all read to our children don't we?'
Professor Law and Dr Charlton stress the importance of parents reading to their children after their...
New speech and language project seeks early years expertise
A speech and language therapy service is looking for early years settings to be part of a pilot...
DfE £1.6m fund to improve early language and opportunities
Disadvantaged children with speech and language difficulties in North Yorkshire are to receive extra...
Government commits to halving the early years literacy gap
The education secretary will today pledge to halve the number of children starting school below the...
10 top techniques to develop children’s speech and language
I CAN's speech and language expert Jon Gilmartin shares his tips for early years practitioners
Speech & Language: Part 3 - Sound the alarm?
How to recognise when children need extra support to develop phonological awareness, and the best...
DfE considering response to Bercow: 10 Years On
A petition calling for the Government to implement the Bercow: Ten Years On review has reached...
Speech & Language: Part 2 - To the letter
In order to spot speech problems, practitioners need to know what children should be able to say for...
Ofsted chief calls on nurseries to help close the 'word gap'
Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman is telling childcare practitioners to read 'time-honoured...
Speech & language: part 1 - Can’t talk or won’t talk?
Selective mutism and being a reluctant talker are different conditions, explain Anne-Marie Tassoni...
Children's communication needs as important as fight against obesity
There is 'a wave of interest in early language', says Jean Gross, chair of Bercow: Ten Years On.
Bercow: 10 years on parents face 'postcode lottery' of support
Parents across the country are struggling to find the help they need for children with speech and...
The Communication Trust lobbies for reprieve
A petition calling on the Government to renew funding for The Communication Trust has reached over...
Children's language charity faces uncertain future
The Communication Trust has confirmed that the Department for Education is not renewing its contract...
Help for stammerers
Every year on 22 October I make sure I show my support for International Stammering Awareness Day...
Call for children with reading difficulties to have hearing checks
Academics from Coventry University are recommending children with reading difficulties be more...
Early language as important as obesity as a sign of child wellbeing
Early language development must be prioritised as a child wellbeing indicator to close the gap...
Early years language training boosts children's skills
An early years speech, language and communication training programme has been shown to speed up...
Study re-ignites debate about use of phonics
New research suggests phonics is the best way to teach children to read and understand words.
A perfect storm - Bercow: ten years on
Ten years ago, a landmark study was published on speech and language development. A follow-up report...
Health visitors flag up rise in children with language delay
New figures show that health visitors are increasingly seeing children with delayed language.
Lack of SLC training for early years and school staff
A survey of the children and young people’s workforce reveals a gap in initial training on...
Major new review into children's speech and language
Ten years on from a landmark report into children’s speech, language and communication, a follow-up...
Learning & Development: Communication & Language - Dog eats man
Different language rules and cultural attitudes to how children learn provide some valuable insights...
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