help with speech and language in the classroom. language and attainment? “children who enter...
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Language and Attainment?
“Children who enter school with poorly developed speech and language skills are at risk of educational underachievement.”
Conti Ramsden et al (2009)Dockrell et al (2011)
Language and Behaviour?
“66% of children with serious behaviour difficulties have underlying language impairments, many of which are undiagnosed.”
Cohen et al (1998)
Language and Criminality?
“65 % of young people in youth offending institutions have communication difficulties.”
Bryan (2008)
Language and Employability?
“47% of employers in England reported difficulty finding staff with an appropriate level of oral communication skills.”
UK Commission for Employment and Skills (2010)
Language and Unemployment?
“88% of young people NEET have unidentified communication difficulties”
UK Commission for Employment and Skills (2010)
Child’s vocabulary at 5 years of age is one of the best predictors of whether they escape the cycle of poverty in later life.
Secondary Language
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The Secondary Language Link Package
Standardised Screening Tool
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The Secondary Language Link Package
Secondary Language
Link
Standardised Screening Tool
Talk
Fitne
ss
SLCN Inclusion Toolkit
The Secondary Language Link Package
Standardised Screening Tool
Secondary Language
LinkTa
lk Fit
ness
SLCN Inclusion Toolkit
Purpose
Identify Need: To identify the needs of pupils (11-14 years) with difficulty understanding language who are at risk of underperformance and social exclusion and require referral to specialist services.
Purpose
Identify Need: To identify the needs of pupils (11-14 years) with difficulty understanding language who are at risk of underperformance and social exclusion and require referral to specialist services.
Inform Intervention: To select pupils appropriate for small group interventions designed to increase access and participation in education.
Purpose
Identify Need: To identify the needs of pupils (11-14 years) with difficulty understanding language who are at risk of underperformance and social exclusion and require referral to specialist services.
Inform Intervention: To select pupils appropriate for small group interventions designed to increase access and participation in education.
Track Progress: To provide schools with whole school performance data to enable them to track progress of pupils at the beginning / end of key stage 3.
Purpose
Identify Need: To identify the needs of pupils (11-14 years) with difficulty understanding language who are at risk of underperformance and social exclusion and require referral to specialist services.
Inform Intervention: To select pupils appropriate for small group interventions designed to increase access and participation in education.
Track Progress: To provide schools with whole school performance data to enable them to track progress of pupils at the beginning / end of key stage 3.
Support the professional development of teachers: To provide flexible online training to equip staff with knowledge and skills to enable pupils with SLCN to be included in whole class teaching and to address barriers to learning.
Purpose
Identify Need: To identify the needs of pupils (11-14 years) with difficulty understanding language who are at risk of underperformance and social exclusion and require referral to specialist services.
Inform Intervention: To select pupils appropriate for small group interventions designed to increase access and participation in education.
Track Progress: To provide schools with whole school performance data to enable them to track progress of pupils at the beginning / end of key stage 3.
Support the professional development of teachers: To provide flexible online training to equip staff with knowledge and skills to enable pupils with SLCN to be included in whole class teaching and to address barriers to learning.
Inform the strategic direction of the school: To provide schools with performance data to reflect an accurate picture of need across key stage 3 and to use this information to plan whole school evidence-based approaches to inclusion.
Our packages include …
Speech Link (4 – 8) years)
Infant Language Link (4 – 7) years)
Junior Language Link (7 – 11) years)
Secondary Language Link (11 – 14) years)
In-service Training