Office of Public Practitioners ECEC Increasing Cascaded I CAN Process Self-report: Practitioners’ Management (educators) educator training knowledge, 2-day training course delivered by I CAN Pre- and 2013; Emerging from capacity to program advisors confidence and communication advisors to ECEC lead and impacts of the preschools, facilitate (Early awareness, practitioners follow-up survey Early Language nurseries, language Language Improved practice Lead practitioners this training on to ‘cascade’ Development development ECEC Lead in supporting children’s local practitioners in their own and other local Program: centres and Program) practitioners language settings Impacts for lead private, development Provision of program resources to support practitioners and voluntary ELDP strategies for both practitioners and local and parents (books, activity cards, DVDs) practitioners independent [interim report] settings) Content Early language training modules on ‘Working with and with Under 3s’ ‘Working Parents’ West Berkshire Preschool Increasing Specialist Early language Process Note: no control Teacher-report: Council; West practitioners educator training and consultants group Early language consultants employed 3.5 Child monitoring Berkshire Every (educators) capacity to consultative (Speech and days per week to organise and lead cluster Reduced number tool Child a Talker facilitate program language and 2324 meetings, visit preschools, support settings to of children language (Every Child therapist and children device action plan, provide/organise training classified as ‘at development a Talker Early years opportunities, lead publicity work, collect and risk of delay’ (ECAT) teacher) collate child monitoring data initiative Lead practitioners funded to have 1 half-day session per week to dedicate towards ECAT Preschool lead Initial comprehensive speech, language and practitioners communication training delivered by SLT department to lead practitioners Each setting developed an action plan with support of consultants Linking established ECAT setting lead practitioners with new ECAT settings
Office of Public Management 2013; Emerging impacts of the Early Language Development Program: Impacts for lead practitioners and local practitioners [interim report] Practitioners (educators) from preschools, nurseries, children’s centres and private, voluntary and independent settings) ECEC Increasing educator capacity to facilitate language development Cascaded training program (Early Language Program) I CAN advisors ECEC Lead practitioners Process 2-day training course delivered by I CAN communication advisors to ECEC lead practitioners Lead practitioners ‘cascade’ this training on to local practitioners in their own and other local settings Provision of program resources to support ELDP strategies for both practitioners and parents (books, activity cards, DVDs) Content Early language training modules on ‘Working with Under 3s’ and ‘Working with Parents’ Practitioners’ knowledge, confidence and awareness, Improved practice in supporting language development Self-report: Pre- and and follow-up survey West Berkshire Council; West Berkshire Every Child a Talker Preschool practitioners (educators) and 2324 children Increasing educator capacity to facilitate language development Specialist training and consultative program (Every Child a Talker (ECAT) initiative Early language consultants (Speech and language therapist and Early years teacher) Preschool lead practitioners Process Early language consultants employed 3.5 days per week to organise and lead cluster meetings, visit preschools, support settings to device action plan, provide/organise training opportunities, lead publicity work, collect and collate child monitoring data Lead practitioners funded to have 1 half-day session per week to dedicate towards ECAT Initial comprehensive speech, language and communication training delivered by SLT department to lead practitioners Each setting developed an action plan with support of consultants Linking established ECAT setting lead practitioners with new ECAT settings Note: no control group Reduced number of children classified as ‘at risk of delay’ Teacher-report: Child monitoring tool