We know early intervention is the only way to help children with speech and language needs improve their educational attainment and reach their full potential.
We know communication disadvantage is repeated from one generation to the next. On average, a toddler from a family receiving benefits will hear around 600 words per hour. A child from a professional family will hear more than 2,000 words. At the age of six, there is only a gap of a few months between the reading age of a child with good oral language skills at age five and those with poor language skills. This gap will increase to five years' difference at 14.
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