Speech, language and communication (SLC) is woven through all we do. Our SLC team support staff and parents to nurture the SLC development of all children in Sure Start.
We value all the different ways that children communicate and believe that every child, regardless of their stage of development, should be supported to reach their potential.
We want parents to know the importance of their role; they are laying the foundations for later learning, speech & language skills, and emotional wellbeing.
We recognise that children may need more support at times.
The SLC team works with families, from pregnancy to stage, to promote the positive impact that their early interactions have on their child's developing brain. The team also support programmes that are tailored to children with specific SLC needs.
We also want to ensure children receive specialist support if it is needed and our team work closely with parents when onward referral to other services may be helpful.