years practitioners Individual Case studies examples of Content parent behaviour Community development activities (e.g., change the the ‘Dump Dummy’, ‘Turn off Telly’, ‘Talk to your Baby’) Information and guidance woven through sessions in which traditional ante/post-natal information is delivered (e.g., breast feeding gives opportunity to talk about attachment, weaning gives opportunity to remind parents that food is a great thing to talk about, sharing rhymes and stories with babies) Information for parents on stages of communication development and how to engage in all areas of their learning child’s Parenting groups (e.g., ‘Discovering Babies’ program led by centre teacher) children’s Suite of four age-related preventative activities delivered in all centres (birth to 1; children’s years; 2-4 years; 4-5 years) Video-recording practitioners to help them become more aware of their practice, set targets for improvement, and work towards changing their practice Stoke Speaks SLT Local initiative Training and Steering group Process 31 nursery/school Direct assessment: Children’s Out; A workforce, clinic to improve support settings achieved Multi-agency forum devised long-term City Reynall parents and and program level 4 children’s plan, multi-agency steering group formed Developmental approach to children language and (Stoke Communication Children’s Evidence of need gathered from practitioners, Language tackling Speaks Out workforce Friendly award, parents and children Scales 3 language deficit centres initiative) High level of Current provision of services and training Renfrew Word
years practitioners Content Community development activities (e.g., ‘Dump the Dummy’, ‘Turn off the Telly’, ‘Talk to your Baby’) Information and guidance woven through sessions in which traditional ante/post-natal information is delivered (e.g., breast feeding gives opportunity to talk about attachment, weaning gives opportunity to remind parents that food is a great thing to talk about, sharing rhymes and stories with babies) Information for parents on stages of communication development and how to engage in all areas of their child’s learning Parenting groups (e.g., ‘Discovering Babies’ program led by children’s centre teacher) Suite of four age-related preventative activities delivered in all children’s centres (birth to 1; years; 2-4 years; 4-5 years) Video-recording practitioners to help them become more aware of their practice, set targets for improvement, and work towards changing their practice Individual examples of parent behaviour change Case studies Stoke Speaks Out; A approach to tackling language deficit Children’s workforce, parents and children SLT clinic and centres Local initiative to improve children’s language and Training and support program (Stoke Speaks Out initiative) Steering group Children’s workforce Process Multi-agency forum devised long-term City plan, multi-agency steering group formed Evidence of need gathered from practitioners, parents and children Current provision of services and training 31 nursery/school settings achieved level 4 Communication Friendly award, High level of Direct assessment: Reynall Developmental Language Scales 3 Renfrew Word