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Top Tips & Free Resources for Parents...

Here are a small selection of useful tips and some free resources for parents, which may help to support your child's speech and language development.

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    Talking Point Fact Sheets

    Fact sheets containing age specific developmental information. They give parents the information they need to check their child is developing and contain tips for them to support their child's speech and language.

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    Listen Up 0-5 years

    Resources aimed at encouraging listening, understanding, interaction and play for 0 - 5 years. Easy to do games and activities that helps to support parents develop their child's communication skills.

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    Listen Up 5-11 years

    Resources aimed at encouraging listening, understanding, interaction and play for 5 - 11 years. Easy to do games and activities that helps to support parents develop their child's communication skills.

    For more info click here

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    The Communication Cookbook

    The Communication Cookbook is a free resource book of activities to support children's language and communication. It focuses on five essential ingredients that support children's communication skills and contains simple recipes to help parents develop these skills in children. The five essential ingredients are:-

    • Attention and Listening

    • Vocabulary

    • Building Sentences

    • Story Telling

    • Conversations

    For more info click here

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    Small Talk, Learn to Talk 0- 5 years

    This booklet provides information about what helps children aged 0 - 5 years learn to talk and listen, whether they are on the right track and what to do if parents have concerns about their child.

    For more info click here

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    The Stages of Speech and Language Development

    An excellent guide for parents explaining the stages of speech and language development.

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Please note: The above resources should not be used for diagnostic purposes nor should they be a replacement for Speech and Language Therapy intervention. If you are concerned about your child's development an assessment of their Speech and Language and professional advice is always recommended. Availability and information contained within the above resources may be subject to change without prior notice.