Best start in speech, language and communication (SLC)
Guidance to help improve SLC in the early years, including an Early Language Identification Measure and Intervention tool for use with children aged 2 to 2 and a half.
Documents
Details
皇冠体育app main guidance document supports local areas to develop a whole-systems approach to reducing inequalities in SLC.
It is accompanied by supporting evidence and case studies of good practice from local areas. 皇冠体育app Identifying and Supporting Children鈥檚 Early Language Needs Summary Report gives an overview of the development of the Early Language Identification Measure (ELIM) and Intervention. It is accompanied by a guidance handbook for practitioners.
皇冠体育app documents are aimed at:
- directors of public health and directors of children鈥檚 services
- clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)
- providers of speech and language therapy services
- providers of health visiting and school nursing services
- early years and school settings
For more details on the development of the ELIM and Intervention, see the full report: .
Public Health England鈥檚 speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) provides information for health and local authority commissioners to commission effective services for children with SLCN. 皇冠体育app report brings together a range of relevant data and evidence on demographics, prevalence and some of the risk factors for each upper-tier local authority and CCG.
Updates to this page
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Added 'ELIM guidance' and 'early language needs summary' documents. Details section updated.
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First published.