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Understand the importance and the benefits of adults supporting the speech, language and communication development of the children in own setting

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‘Communication supportive environments for practitioners’ from the Speech and Language UK website.

Read this section, and click on the links to the left to read more about the environment, strategies, approaches, the curriculum, and developing skills and knowledge.

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Look up speech difficulties on the internet and find out more about some of the reasons children find learning to speak difficult. For example, consider English as an additional language, stuttering/stammering, hearing loss, cleft lip and palate. We need to be aware of them so that we can support and assist the child, giving them the best opportunities to learn.
Click on the icon to the left to visit a children’s charity website supporting those with speech, language and communication impairments.
Click on the link to the website of the Royal National Institute for the Deaf. What extra skills might you need to communicate effectively with a child who has hearing difficulties or who is deaf? Are there are any short courses in your local area that you could take, to find out more?
Obtain and read a copy of ‘How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk’, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Picadilly Press, 2001.
Click on the icon to the left to visit the website of the Literacy Trust which promotes literacy for all.
If you had a child in your setting who had a hearing or sight impairment what help might you be able to receive from other professionals and agencies? Who would you contact?
Use the internet to find out about the following communication difficulties. Find out what each one is, how it might affect a child’s attempts to communicate, and consider how you might be able to help children in your care who experience these difficulties:o Loss of hearingo Dyspraxiao Stutteringo Ear infectiono Visual impairment

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