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The needs of practitioners working in children’s services are continually changing. Staff are working in a fast changing business climate with unprecedented challenges, tight finances and customers with increasing expectations. It is therefore important to provide opportunities for staff to develop their skills and knowledge in a wide range of areas to ensure success in delivering the services our customers expect.

We have a range of courses available to support staff – from workshops that provide tools and techniques to help improve services, be creative, and capitalise on business oppor ...

The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework states ‘communication and language development involves giving children opportunities to experience a rich language environment; to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves; and to speak and listen in a range of situations’ (2017). This course is designed as an introduction into how practitioners can better support children who are reluctant to communicate through talk.

Through the course of the session the trainers will discuss the most suitable ways to support children who are reluctant to talk, despite parental reports that ...

This course was specifically developed to meet the findings from 'The voice of the child: learning lessons from serious case reviews a thematic report of Ofsted's evaluation of serious case reviews from 1 April to 30 September 2010’ (Ofsted, 2010).

This thematic report published by Ofsted ‘highlighted the importance of seeing, observing and hearing the child’ (The voice of the child: learning lessons from serious case reviews, 2010), which makes this course all the more valuable, relevant and unfortunately still current. Over the last few years empirical data from research still indicates t ...

The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework states ‘communication and language development involves giving children opportunities to experience a rich language environment; to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves; and to speak and listen in a range of situations’ (2017). This course is designed as an introduction into how practitioners can better support children who are reluctant to communicate through talk.

Through the course of the session the trainers will discuss the most suitable ways to support children who are reluctant to talk, despite parental reports that ...

Speech Language and Communication skills (SLCs) are a fundamental part of a child’s early development as reflected in the Early Years Foundation curriculum. Children with EAL require a modified environment to support language learning, even beyond the point they have started using English. Those children who have SLC difficulties alongside EAL require a skilled workforce working together to identify difficulties early and embed support in the child’s everyday environment to ensure the best outcomes for the child.

The course will equip attendees with up-to-date knowledge and research tha ...