Spoken and expressive language

This information may be appropriate for primary and/or secondary pupils according to their age, stage and individual needs.    

Websites

• The SCERTS® Model – an educational approach to address challenges faced by persons with ASD
• Home - Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives
• ICAN – Talkboost interventions and training 
• Blanks Levels of Questioning to help children develop key oral language comprehension skills
• Speech sounds and the order they are learnt in
• Creating a communication supportive environment: Primary - Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives

Selective mutism

• Selective Mutism - Educators and professionals - Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives

Resources

• Supporting children's early communication skills - Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives
• Communication and language resources – Birth To 5 Matters
• Word Aware – a whole school approach to promote vocabulary development in children
• Widgit Symbol Resources | Communication Friendly Environment
• Resources from The Communication Trust to support staff with their continuing professional development after self evaluations
• SPIRALS - Developing language and communication skills through effective small group work; Spirals. ISBN 10: 041557689
• Colourful semantics
• Supporting expressive language - Which Ones Go Together?, 
• Supporting expressive language - Categories - Improve word finding 
• Supporting expressive language - Sequencing
• Supporting expressive language - Understand Idioms 
• Videos - Sing and Say - Oxford University Hospitals
• Inclusive support series - Speech Language and Communication Difficulties (docx format, 200KB)
• Inclusive support series - Working Memory (docx format, 163 KB)
• Inclusive support series - Autism (docx format, 162 KB)

DLD and Language difficulties

• DLD - Educators and professionals - Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives
• ICAN_DLD_Guide_FINAL__1.pdf
• Teacher Kit - RADLD
• DLDandMe

Training 

• Training on colourful semantics, communication friendly classrooms and Lego therapy is available. Discuss your needs and priorities with your specialist advisory teacher or speak to the SENSS C&I team (see below).
• Speech language and communication needs and challenging behaviour – book online
• Whole School SEND training Online CPD Units | Whole School SENDSpeech, Language and Communication
  • Unit 4: Introduction to speech, language and communication needs 
  • Unit 5: Identifying and supporting SLCN 
  • Unit 6: Supporting the development of speech, language and communication  skills 
  • Unit 7: Creating a learning environment that supports speech, language and        communication

Specialist support in school

SENSS communication and interaction team

Our SENSS communication and interaction team support, advise and empower staff in schools and settings to understand the needs of children and young people with speech, language and communication needs and autism spectrum conditions.

Speech and language therapy team

The speech and language therapy team supports children and young people with speech, language, and communication difficulties in developing the best possible communication skills. They can also assess, treat, and advise on eating, drinking, and swallowing problems.