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Webinar to support schools in identifying students with speech, language and communication needs

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Leading experts will examine how schools can spot students who have unidentified speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) and what they can do to remove the barriers to learning and social development, during a webinar hosted by CYP Now and its sister titles.
The webinar will offer tips on supporting children with speech, language and communication needs. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock
The webinar will offer tips on supporting children with speech, language and communication needs. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

Around one in 10 children and young people are affected by long-term and persistent speech, language, and communication needs. However, research suggests that as many as 40% of young people with SLCN are going unidentified.

A further eight in 10 children with emotional and behaviour disorders have unidentified language difficulties, researchers have found.

The impact on education is clear with just 15% of pupils with identified SLCN achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics in year 6 compared with 61% of all pupils and just 20% of pupils with SLCN get a grade 4 or above in English and maths at GCSE.

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