Consultancy Services
Are you a school, SENDCo or senior leader looking to develop your universal offer of speech, language and communication support across your whole setting? Are you looking to develop a communication friendly environment? Are you a resources base working with children with complex needs that needs support, training or specific input on how to develop your practice and setting? If so, More Than Talk Consultancy Services can provide you with the guidance and support that you require.
More than 10% of children have long term speech, language and communication needs which impact on:
- Literacy development
- Educational attainment
- Social, emotional and mental health (SEMH)
- Life chances and employment
Children living in areas of social disadvantage are at much higher risk. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, around 50% were starting school with delayed language development. (Figures from Bercow: Ten Years On report, ICAN & RCSLT, 2018)
Children who enter school with poorly developed speech & language are at risk of later literacy difficulties (Snowling et al, 2011). 81% of children with emotional and behavioural disorders have undetected language difficulties (Hollo et al, 2014).
“Language is crucial: the most important factor in reaching the expected levels in English and maths at age 11 was children’s language skills at age 5; more important than poverty or parental education.”
Save the Children UK, 2016.
What is the impact:
- Better listening
- Raised literacy
- Improved behaviour
- Reduced anxiety
- Reduced attainment gap in deprived areas
- Improved access to curriculum
- Earlier identification of SLCN
- Improved language levels
- Raised attainment for CYP with disabilities