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Author Gross, Jean, author

Title Time to Talk : Implementing outstanding practice in speech, language and communication
Edition Second edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Series Nasen spotlight
Contents Chapter 1 Speech, language and communication -- a growing issue -- chapter 2 What do we know about how to support language development? -- chapter 3 Stories from schools and settings -- chapter 4 A place to talk -- chapter 5 A reason to talk -- chapter 6 Teaching talk -- chapter 7 Support for talk -- chapter 8 Working with parents and carers to develop their children's language skills -- chapter 9 Supporting children with more severe needs
Summary "Time to Talk provides a powerful and accessible resource for practitioners working to improve children's language and communication skills. Showcasing effective approaches in schools and settings across the country from the early years through primary and secondary education, it summarises research on what helps children and young people develop good communication skills, and highlights the importance of key factors: a place to talk, a reason to talk and support for talk. This timely second edition has been fully updated to reflect Pupil Premium, curriculum, assessment and special needs reforms, and can be used by individual practitioners as well as supporting a whole-school or setting approach to spoken language. It includes:whole-class approaches to developing all children and young people's speaking and listening skills'catch-up' strategies for those with limited language ways of differentiating the curriculum for those with difficultiesways in which settings and schools can develop an effective partnership with specialiststo help children with more severe needsmodels schools can use to commission their own speech and language therapy servicesexamples of good practice in supporting parents/carers to develop their children's language skillsanswers to practitioners' most frequently asked questions about speech and languageNow in full-colour, this practical and engaging book is for all who are concerned about how to help children and young people with limited language and communication skills - school leaders, teachers, early years practitioners and the speech and language therapists they work with."--Provided by publisher
Subject Language arts (Elementary) -- Great Britain
Literacy programs -- Great Britain
Mainstreaming in education -- Great Britain
Communication -- Education
Language arts (Elementary)
Literacy programs
Mainstreaming in education
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315271965
1315271966