By completing the training, our Communication Champions can now;

• Know how to identify training needs within their setting linked to communication
• Understand the importance of the environment, staff interactions and activities available for development of communication skills
• Be confident in assessing children and know what to do should they have concerns
• Be confident in disseminating information and learning to other practitioners in the setting
• Understand the pyramid of language development
• Have considered the role of technology on language delay
• Recognise the importance of play in language development
• Be able to identify attention and listening skills and discover ways to help
• Understand comprehension development and how to help if children are struggling
• Understand the development of expressive language and how to help if children are struggling
• Understand children’s speech sound development and identify when to be concerned
• Be able to confidently use Welcome pack to screen children in their settings