Early Years practitioners to refer to specialist services e.g. ISCAN Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) for any immediate concerns e.g. breakdown in placements or complex safeguarding issues.
Early Years practitioners to create a communication friendly classroom offering opportunities to continue to develop children’s expressive language, vocabulary, grammar and participation in learning and social activities.
Early Years practitioners to refer to advice sheets and visual support resources for expressive support and embed into all classroom activities. Visuals available for:
Early Years practitioners to encourage a total communication approach and accept all forms of communication e.g., spoken, gesture, signs, written word, Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC).
Early Years practitioners to have access to a robust, consistent symbol-based system to support all children and provide communication opportunities. Examples of these include Boardmaker, Twinkl and Widget (cost included to purchase).
Early Years practitioners to embed more targeted approaches to the whole classroom and support carryover to curriculum-based activities within the classroom.
Early Years practitioners to consider carrying out targeted interventions in small groups to support expressive language and communication.
For all children requiring access to alternative communication systems, referral to ISCAN Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) is required. Additional resources and support for aided language modelling, choice boards and core word teaching are available on:
Early Years practitioners refer to specialist services ISCAN Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) for any immediate concerns e.g. breakdown in placements or complex safeguarding issues.
Early Years practitioners deliver and support daily, individualised targeted interventions, based on support and guidance from external services. Certain interventions may require specialist training from the ISCAN Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) team.
Use of a robust, bespoke high or low Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) system, embedded within all routine and learning activities, accessible at all times to the child with specialist training, targets and support from the ISCAN Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) team. ISCAN SLT may complete onward referrals for external specialist services e.g., The ACE Centre.
