How to Support Children’s Language in the Early Years
About this course
You will develop critical appraisal skills to interpret research evidence. This is a crucial skill when resources are increasingly tight, and you must be confident that the interventions you choose will likely work.
This course is relevant to people working to support children’s language in the early years, including those who are looking to:
- Work in partnership with families and settings to embed best practice approaches for early language development
- Review the up-to-date evidence base for intervention and support; especially when time constraints make it impossible to read all the relevant articles and papers yourself
- Reflect on their own practice and raise their awareness of initiatives and approaches used by other practitioners attending the course
Additional Information
This course is for practitioners who provide support at the whole setting level. If you want to learn about clinical decision-making specific to supporting individual children, check out Applying Best Practice in the Early Years, for Clinic-Based and Independent Practitioners course.
Course Times
The course duration is 9.30 am to 4.30 pm (UK Time) for a list of course dates and times please go to the Booking page
Course pricing
| Book and pay online | Organisational payment | Student / Returner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Price Per Person | £132 | £154 | £77 |
Please book your place here or alternatively, you can contact us if you are you would like to:
- Book four or more courses (we can offer you a discount)
- Make a block booking for a group
- Book a closed course
Course presenter
Wendy Lee
Speech and Language Therapist & Professional Director of Lingo
Wendy Lee has worked as a Speech and Language Therapist for over 30 years, in clinical practice, higher education and the third sector. She was Professional Director at The Communication Trust until 2015 where she led several projects, as well as inputting to national policy and research.
Wendy is currently the Director of LINGO, which provides consultancy, professional development, resources and speech and language therapy. She works with academy trusts, schools, and settings and in partnership with local and national organisations supporting speech, language, and communication.
Course topics
During this course, we will cover:
- How to influence child language development
- Techniques proven to be effective in boosting language skills
- Available tools to identify which language interventions work
- Whole-setting approaches and what the evidence says
- Working with families using best practice approaches
Who this course is suitable for
Booking information
This course is presented Virtual Live – Online over Zoom
This course is available on various dates throughout the year. To view available course dates and book your place click here.
During the booking process, you can select to reserve a place instead (while you confirm you can attend or to organise payment through your employer for example). We can hold your place for up to four weeks, if we have not heard from you after this time, we may need to cancel your reservation so other people can attend the training.
Course Beetle is an approved supplier for NHS Trusts, Local Authorities and Schools.
Course testimonials
“Good reminder of underlying principles and importance of supporting early communication skills and the evidence-base to support with this.”
“Very relevant to my practice. Trainer had a lot of experience and could relate to and expand upon everyone’s comments.”
“There was a good balance of listening, information and discussions with other people on the course.”