The report, conducted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Speech and Language Difficulties, explored the link between communication difficulties and social disadvantage in young children.
It welcomes the fact that the Government has made communication and language one of the three prime areas of learning in the EYFS. It recommends that children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds should receive extra support earlier on to ensure that they have a secure foundation for language and literacy. If this support is not given, then communication difficulties can have a knock-on effect on literacy, school readiness and school performance and can put children at a risk of a wide range of long term consequences in terms of literacy, mental health and employment, the report says.
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