Teachers and childcare workers are being offered the training through TALK Derby, which is funded by £845,000 from the DfE as it is a social mobility coldspot.
The initiative encourages schools and childcare settings to pledge to spend more time talking and listening to children and young people, including at mealtimes, during play sessions or just through everyday conversations.
Free training and support for schools, childminders, children's centres and early years settings will be rolled out in eight target wards in Derby.
Around 140 people working with children and young people in these areas will be recruited as "champions" to help promote the aims of the project.
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