According to a new report from Speech and Language UK, one in five school-aged children now have speech and language challenges, the highest number ever recorded.
Key findings from ‘Listening to unheard children’, which is based upon a YouGov survey of just over 1,000 adults, include:
One school teacher said, ‘There is definitely an impact and an increase in nonverbal children who can't articulate their needs or how they feel.
‘I'm seeing lots of children struggle with sentence construction/sounds/vocabulary. My experience is that this also impacts behaviour which in turn can impact the class.
‘It's not just one or two children either…There is no funding for support, and I firmly believe early intervention is what's needed on many levels.’
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