Speech, Language and Communication

Please call or email for an informal, no obligation discussion.

Steve:
07946728713 | stevebrownbst@gmail.com

Andrea:
07947369701 | andreamoorebst@gmail.com

What we provide

We offer Talk Boost KS2 and Primary Talk Training.

We have extensive experience of working with children with language difficulties in schools and can support with developing language through to higher level skills such as using inference.

We can help with target setting and understanding developmental norms.

We also offer bespoke language training as twilight or half day to a day courses.

Andrea is trained in the use of the Derbyshire Language Scheme and qualified to use many assessment materials which include those looking at language levels

Please call or email for an informal, no obligation discussion.

Talk Boost KS2

For children aged 7-10 with delayed language, Talk Boost KS2 narrows the gap between them and their peers

What is Talk Boost KS2?

Talk Boost KS2 is a targeted intervention aimed at children 7-10 year old children with delayed language, aiming to boost their language skills helping them to catch up with their peers. The programme aims to accelerate children’s progress in language and communication, after an eight week intervention.

Children who are selected to take part in the intervention will attend three sessions per week in small groups, each lasting 30-40 minutes delivered by the teaching assistant. The sessions include activities that follow the areas of language and communication: listen carefully, learning new words, telling stories, working with others and making friends and having conversations. In addition, the teacher will run a weekly whole-class activity and there are activities that can be practiced at home.

What are the benefits of Talk Boost KS2?

The benefits are:

Supports children who are not achieving their expected levels of progress in their language development
Can be used to demonstrate to Ofsted how you are focussing on developing staff skills
Help to build relationships with parents, by reinforcing the language skills the child learned during the group sessions
Demonstrates the effective use of your Pupil Premium allocation
An all-in-one speech and language solution package
Can be used by non speech and language specialists
Proven to improve children’s language and communication through our evidence base
Designed to be sustainable so you can deliver the intervention multiple times to new groups of children
Identify, monitor and track children’s progress before and following the intervention with the online tracker

Primary Talk

Primary Talk is a whole school programme to develop children’s communication skills.

We hold a license to deliver Primary Talk – ican charity SLCN whole school Training:
contact Andrea for details: andreamoorebst@gmail.com

What is Primary Talk?

Primary Talk is a training and development programme that supports the communication development of all children aged 4-11, including those with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). The programme has been shown to have a substantial impact on classroom practice and can help schools improve pupil outcomes.

The programme is aimed at the Supporting Communication level which gives staff the skills needed to create a communication supportive environment and identify those with SLCN.

Who is Primary Talk training for?

Primary Talk training is aimed at teachers, teaching assistants, SENCOs and school staff who have an active role in the classroom and is offered at the Supporting level. Participants will develop their knowledge and understanding of typical development in speech, language and communication; ideas and strategies to support all pupils’ spoken language skills; and an introduction to identifying pupils with SLCN.

The training will be delivered at your school. If you are a small school you might wish to consider grouping your staff together with another school for the training and sharing the costs between yourselves.

What are the benefits of Primary Talk?

Primary Talk can support schools to develop outstanding practice in communication by:

Developing the spoken language skills that support learning across the curriculum, including reading and writing
Providing staff with a range of classroom strategies that focus on developing listening and attention skills, vocabulary and the use of visual tools to support spoken language
Developing pupils’ behaviour for learning by helping staff to identify those children whose underlying communication difficulties lead to poor behaviour
Developing the social aspects of learning – making friends, working in groups, and building relationships.

Birmingham Speech and Language Therapy Service put together some videos for parents to support early communication skills such as shared attention, and they can be found by following the link below:
https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/patients-public/children-and-young-people/services-parent-portal/birmingham-slt/slt-videos/salt-strategy-videos/

Herefordshire and Worcestershire NHS SaLT also have lots of great resources and information which can be found here:
Resources for Children’s Speech and Language | Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust (hacw.nhs.uk)

The cost of the Primary Talk Classroom Pack is £55 per teacher (purchased from ICAN, + the cost of the Licensed Tutor delivering your training, + the cost for an additional Participant Book is £20 (from ICAN)

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