Language and Literacy Support for Primary Schools : An SLCN Toolkit for Inclusive Teaching

This essential resource seeks to mitigate the attainment gap caused by weak listening, attention, and language and communication skills.

It is aimed at professionals who teach and support pupils with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) and is appropriate across the mainstream primary school-age population, from Foundation through to Key Stage 2.

The resource is full of accessible, lively and evidence-based strategies with sections that examine the language and literacy underpinnings within the new National Curriculum.

A significant feature is the set of toolkits, containing practical handouts and resource sheets, for staff to embed in high quality whole-class teaching as well as support sessions.

These have been tried and tested by the authors who all work as Advisory Teachers for Babcock, the UK's leading education support and improvement service.

FEATURES: Key principles, embedded across subjects; Audit tools - link to BCRP, SLCF; Ideas for teacher talk strategies and pupil talk opportunities; Visuals, e.g. listening prompts, vocab displays, visual timetable, task planners; Encourages collaborative working with Speech and Language Therapists; and, includes evidence-based resources.