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 All the great children’s picture books and stories with British Sign Language support, free of charge
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 Free downloadable activities linked to the monthly Hello themes in Widgit symbols and British Sign Language.
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 Award-winning EGAR Educational Games And Resources are dedicated to developing communication skills, the art of conversation and an appreciation of the value of talking in dealing with life’s challenges and making healthy informed choices. The psychology based Let's Get Talking Choice Discussion card sets provide a structure for intervention and prevention work, covering Health, Crime Prevention, Personal Development, Citizenship and the Environment.
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 Listen To Us is a practical resource for people providing training support or professional development in speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), mainly reflecting specific language impairments (SLI). It includes a DVD of carefully chosen clips showing children and young people with speech, language and communication needs and also includes a supporting booklet, offering some questions for reflection on top of the DVD.
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 We know some children can have speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) that can impact on their ability to listen, understand and express themselves. However, it's not always easy to judge how well a child is progressing with these skills; children may have good skills in one area whilst struggling in others. The Progression Tools aim to support teaching staff to identify children who may be struggling to develop their speech, language and communication skills. They can also be used to track progression of these skills over time or following interventions. The Tools are based on theoretical information on typical language development and also the Universally Speaking booklets. They aim to provide a relatively quick way of determining where children are against where they should be for their age and provide more information about how these vital skills are progressing. The Tools are not a diagnostic tool and do not in any way replace the detailed speech, language and communication assessment by a speech and language therapist that some children will need. However, they will give you information to help decide whether children would benefit from a targeted intervention or whether they need specialist assessment and support. |
 This tool was developed as part of the Better Communication Research Programme (BCRP) in 2012. The BCRP was a 3 year research programme that was part of the Government's response to the 2008 Bercow Review of provision of services for children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).
The Communication Trust are supporting the BCRP to share their findings.
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 Communicating Phonics is a guide to support teachers delivering and interpreting the phonics screening check to children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). The guide will help teachers to deliver the check this June, but also has lots of useful tips and advice to support the overall literacy development of children with SLCN.
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 We have developed a booklet for people who are training to become teachers to give advice and guidance on children's communication skills. Let's Talk About It includes information on:
• The importance of communication
• The impact that speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) can have for children and young people on learning and attainment, and on social, emotional development and behaviour
• How teachers can better identify children with SLCN and through making communication a priority, work more affectively with all children in their classroom
• Signposts trainees to a range of further information sources
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It isn't easy to see and recognise what happens beneath the surface of children's communication. Being able to listen, pay attention, play and understand are the fundamental building blocks of communication.
Adults play a crucial role in supporting these skills. If a child can't listen and understand, they'll struggle to talk.
We've developed resources to encourage listening, understanding, interaction and play. For pre-school children, Listen Up 0-5, includes a card game with fun activities and advice on how parents and early year's workers can use the resource.
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This poster is an easy reference for teachers to understand children's speech and language development from 4-11 years and supports them in identifying children who may have speech, language and communication needs.
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 This invaluable book provides detailed advice and activities to promote the communication skills of all school age children. It develops ideas suitable for children at primary school. It has been written to be accessible to parents, learning support assistants and teachers and many speech and language therapists use it in their daily work. It is the core reading material for the accredited course Speech and language support for 5-11s.
It addresses many areas including:
Attention and listening
Helping school age children understand spoken language and develop verbal reasoning skills
Helping school age children develop their expressive language
Phonological processing activities
Developing vocabulary and story writing and use of mind maps
Helping school age children develop their social skills
Helping school age children with unclear speech
As with all Elklan materials having purchased the book you are free to photocopy any relevant pages so equipping others who work within your school or health provision. |
 This excellent resource makes this complex area of language development accessible to non-specialist staff. fAll those working in the field will appreciate the clear explanations and practical support and advice for those working and living with children at the pre-intentional and intentional stages of communication as far as beginning to use first words. The book explores a wide range of issues concerning children who have little or no means of expressing themselves verbally.
Language Builders for Complex Needs provides ideas for assessment and recording progress as well as detailed advice and practical activities. It is written for speech and language therapists, teachers, teaching assistants, pre-school practitioners and parents.
The book examines the characteristic communication skills, the interaction required and the thinking and play skills that need nurturing at each of the following stages:
Pre-Intentional Communication.
Being able to anticipate events.
Intentional Communication.
It also considers:
The link between play and language.
Total Communication – signs, symbols, Communication Passports, and briefly, Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
Using first words, ideas and phrases.
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 This invaluable book provides information about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and gives detailed advice and activities to promote the communication and interaction skills of all verbal children with ASD.
It covers a wealth of knowledge and is beautifully illustrated to provide many practical strategies and ideas suitable for children at primary school as well as those in specialist provisions. It has been written to be accessible to parents, learning support assistants, teachers and other professionals who work in this field. It is the training material for those completing the Elklan ASD specilaist course but is also a stand alone publication and is useful for all practitioners.
Amongst the topics covered are:
What is autism?
Using structure with children with ASD.
Developing communication.
Working with Information Carrying Words to develop the length of sentences a child can understand.
Developing verbal reasoning in children with ASD.
Using vocabulary maps and Mind Maps, the latter devised by Tony Buzan.
Developing interaction through using Comic Strip
Conversations as devised by Carol Gray.
Helping children learn how to speak in a social context.
Understanding that children with ASD often communicate most effectively through their behaviour.
As with all Elklan materials having purchased the book you are free to photocopy any relevant pages so equipping others who work within your school or health provision.
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 Communication Builders for AAC provides comprehensive information about the assessment and use of the whole range of AAC options. Andrea Kirton, co-author, is a highly specialist speech and language therapist but she writes this book in a style which makes this important information accessible to education practitioners, parents, carers, SLTs. It is the core reading material for the accredited course Supporting Adults and Children using AAC.
It’s a one-stop-shop to AAC!
Contents:
Chapter 1: What is AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication)?
Why use AAC?
What Does AAC Include?
Access Methods
The AAC Team
Chapter 2: Assessment
Who might benefit from AAC?
Cause and effect skills
Social Communication Skills
Symbolic Understanding
Understanding of Spoken Language
The expressive-receptive gap
Visual SkillsAccess Method
Tools for Assessment
AAC Profile and Action Plan
Definition of Communicative Competence for AAC users (Janice Light, 1989)
Social Networks (Sarah Blackstone and Mary Hunt Berg, 2003)
Means, Reasons and Opportunities (Della Money and Sue Thurman, 1994)
Chapter 3: Unaided Communication
What is Unaided Communication?
Assessing Unaided Methods of Communication
Observation Schedule for assessing Unaided Communication Methods
Developing Unaided Communication Skills
Chapter 4: Low Tech Communication Aids
Types of Low Tech AAC systems
Aspects of Assessment for Low Tech AAC
Access
Vocabulary/Language
Social Use
Design Issues
The Next Step – Activities to support and develop use of the Low Tech AAC system
Cause and effect with people (Communicative Intent)
Requesting item/indicating choice
Participation in a social activity
General Conversation
Chapter 5: High Tech Communication aids
Types of High Tech Communication Systems
Assessment for a High Tech System
Access
Vocabulary/Language
Social Use
Design Issues
The Next Step - Activities to support and develop use of the High Tech AAC system
Linguistic Skills
Social Skills
Price: £22.00
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 This resource provides detailed advice and practical activities to support the communication skills of children with any degree of hearing loss ranging from mild to severe. Language Builders for Hearing Difficulties is relevant to many speech and language therapists, learning support assistants and teachers who work in pre-schools, schools or units and parents and carers who are helping their child at home.
It is the core reading material for the specialist accredited course 'Supporting Children with Hearing Difficulties'. It addresses many areas, including:
Types of hearing loss.
Things to look out for if you are concerned about a hearing loss.
Hearing assessment.
The impact hearing difficulties can have on communication.
Changing the interaction and environment to support the child.
Supporting language and social skills.
Supporting listening and phonological development.
Price: £22.00
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 Language Builders for Pupils with SLD (Severe Learning Difficulties) book provides detailed advice and activities to promote the communication skills of children and young people (5-25yrs) who are able to verbally understand and express their basic needs and ideas but who are really struggling to learn and cope in education settings. It has been written to be accessible to parents, learning support assistants and teachers and many speech and language therapists use it in their daily work. It is the core reading material for the accredited course Speech and Language Support for Pupils with SLD.
It addresses many areas including:
What is communication?
Using positive adult-pupil interaction to promote communication
Supporting effective vattention and listening
Helping pupils who have learning difficulties to understand spoken language and develop verbal reasoning skills
Using Total Communication as a core approach to communication
Promoting vocabulary development
Develop expressive language and narrative skills
Learning how to identify and support pupils’ social communication skills
Price: £22.00
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Curriculum Based Information Word Pack is a rich resource of beautiful pictures and interesting activities and is designed to help children aged 5-7 understand more fully what is said to them.
Curriculum Based Information Carrying Word Pack is a rich resource of beautiful pictures and interesting activities which incorporates the ICW principle with the Key Stage 1 History, Geography and Science Units of the National Curriculum for England and Wales. it also has value for schools in other countries in the UK as similar themes are part of the curricula.
For those unfamiliar with Information Carrying Words the concept provides a structured framework which facilitates the control of the number of words in a sentence that a child has to understand in order to carry out an instruction. CuBIC Word Pack will help children increase the amount of information they can remember in a sentence whilst at the same time supporting and developing their understanding of the curriculum.
The activities can be implemented with individual children or small groups.
The CuBIC Word Pack will help to improve:
Understanding of spoken language
Listening and attention skills
Auditory sequential memory
Vocabulary development
Expressive language
Social communication skills
CuBIC Word Pack provides over 40 pages of clear and delightful illustrations. A thorough explanation about how to apply Information Carrying Words is given in the introduction. The National Curriculum based activities are carefully described so that the ideas can be implemented easily and tasks differentiated to meet the needs of individual children.This resource can be used by all school staff and parents as well as speech and language therapists.
Price: £35.00
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 Let's Talk with 5-9s Handouts is beautifully illustrated and full of ideas to encourage speaking, listening and language skills of all 5-9s. Each of the 89 pages provides effective advice and ideas for parents, child minders and those working with children in this age range wanting some basic skills and knowledge. The handouts incorporate advice for supporting children who are learning English as a second language.
The handouts are packed full of practical suggestions that cover the following topics:
Normal communication development charts
Causes to speech and language difficulties
Adult-child interaction
Listening and concentrating
Learning new words
Understanding language
Using sentences
Asking questions
Saying words clearly
The handouts are illustrated throughout.
As with all Elklan materials having purchased the resource you are free to photocopy any relevant pages for your own use so equipping others who work within your school or health provision.
A CD version is included so the handouts can be printed off as and when required.
Price: £20.00
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 Let's Talk Together Handouts is beautifully illustrated and full of ideas parents and others to encourage the speaking, listening and language skills of children with social communication needs (including Autism Spectrum Condition although this term is not mentioned in the resource enabling practitioners to use it with a wide range of children).
The handouts are ideal for parents, child minders and practitioners wanting essential skills and knowledge when managing children aged 5+ with social communication needs as well as for speech and language therapists to give to others to explain complex ideas in a simple but effective manner.
There are lots of practical suggestions that cover the following topics:
Normal communication development
Adult child interaction
Using physical and visual structure
Developing listening and understanding
Asking questions and sharing books
Developing interaction with peers
Understanding how children communicate through their behaviour.
The handouts are beautifully illustrated throughout.
As with all Elklan materials having purchased the resource you are free to photocopy any relevant handouts for your use only so equipping others who work within your school or health provision.
A CD version is included so the handouts can be printed off as and when required.
Price: £20.00
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olourful Stories is a visual support strategy which helps children to learn about the structure of stories and become more confident about telling and writing stories. Colourful Stories encourages oral narrative sills and introduces written words only when the child is confident about the structure of a story and how to tell a story orally.
Colourful Stories consists of:
Coloured cards – there are 6 to represent the different parts of a story
Story Board
Picture sequencing cards
This is an effective strategy if used as a whole school approach starting at The Foundation Stage. At this stage, Colourful Stories would be used as a whole class approach. It also lends itself to small group or individual support. At Key Stage 2 many children can write stories independently but others may need additional support; Colourful Stories can be used to differentiate the activity. Colourful Stories is easy to use and can be explained to parents so that parents and supporting adults can use it 1:1 with specific children.
Price: £25.00
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This beautifully illustrated resource is designed to help speech and language therapists, education staff and the wider workforce to assess and develop the verbal reasoning skills of all under 5s and primary aged children who experience difficulty understanding what is said to them
The TALC is based on the Language of Learning Model proposed by Blank, Rose and Berlin (1978). The Language of Learning Model is popular in Australia where it is referred to as 'Blanks' or 'The Blank Language Scheme.' This scheme is very popular with early years and education staff as it helps them to differentiate class based activities for all children. This assessment will enable children to be appropriately assessed and supported at the right level for them. Anyone familiar with the principles of assessing children can conduct the TALC.
More information about 'Blank' is written in the resource and in all Elklan Language Builders books (excepting Communication Support for Children with Severe and Complex Needs).
The TALC can be used to:
Assess the level of abstract language a child can understand
Set individual, specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely (SMART) targets
Increase the awareness of the types of questions and directions the child might be expected to understand
Indicate how the language used to interact with the child can be modified to ensure that the child understands the linguistic demands
Encourage the development of the child's abstract reasoning skills within his level of ability
Develop the child's confidence because the demands will be realistic
Measure change
There are two parts to the TALC assessment:
Part I involves a picture assessment. The topics for the six pictures have been carefully chosen to reflect the experiences of a wide and diverse population. The child is shown a picture or is given four pictures to put in the correct order. The assessor asks the questions listed on the score sheet and notes can be made about the child's response. There are 70 questions.
Part II of the TALC gives a list of the types of questions which can be adapted to suit all situations so that assessment can take place during natural communicative interactions. A simple record sheet is provided.
Price: £45.00
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The four levels represented clearly and visually.
A3 size to fit any wall.
Price: £3.00
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Poster to support appropriate adult-child interaction.
Format: single sided A3 laminated poster.
Price: £3.00
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A3 bright, colourful poster providing clear information and examples of the development of language compatible with the EYFS.
Price: £3.00
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Poster of strategies to support vocabularly learning.
Format: single sided half-A2 laminated poster.
Price: £4.00
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 Information about Makaton Training for parents, carers and professionals.
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 Beautifully illustrated book of popular nursery rhymes. Using Makaton to sign along to Baa Baa Black Sheep, Humpty Dumpty, Incy Wincy Spider and Mary Had a Little Lamb.
Price: £9.99
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 Learning to count and read is fun with this beautifully illustrated children's book. The pictures and text are supported by Makaton symbols and signs which have been carefully chosen to help young children to express their needs and begin to interact with people around them.
Price: £8.99
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 Beautifully illustrated children's book. The pictures and text are supported by Makaton symbols and signs which have been carefully chosen to help young children to express their needs and begin to interact with people around them. Learn Makaton symbols and signs for colours and animals.
Price: £7.49
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 1Voice - Communicating Together is all about bringing Augmentative and Alternative Communication users and their supporters together. 1Voice has activities and events around the country, as well as 'pop-ups' - less formal events where we can get 2 users together! It only takes 2 to communicate!
The best way to find out about what's happening in your area is to visit our website events page at www.1voice.info/events
You can also email info@1voice.info for more general information.
Price: £0.00
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