At Speech and Language UK, we know that right now, at least 1.7 million children are behind with talking and understanding words. That’s why the early years workforce must be given the right skills, training, and tools to support children in pre-school and early primary years.
Our Early Talk Boost programme was designed by specialist teachers and speech and language therapists, with the help of early years practitioners and parents. It aims to support children who need a targeted approach to catch up with their peers, enabling them to access key areas of the EYFS curriculum including Communication and Language, Personal, Social and Emotional Development and Mathematics. In a small randomised controlled trial that was conducted in 2014-15, children made additional progress after the nine-week intervention, helping them to catch up with other children their age.
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