Early Years CPD

Early Talk Boost is a targeted intervention developed by the communication charity, ICAN.  The intervention is designed for children aged 3-4 with language delay, typically those who have intact language learning ability in themselves but for some reason haven't had the opportunity to develop age-appropriate language skills. The  programme is delivered by a trained early years practitioner, 3 times a week for 9 weeks, to a group of up to 8 children aged 3-4 years old. It includes a workshop for parents. On average children make 6 months progress after the nine week intervention, helping them to catch up with other children their age.

Early Talk Boost supports key language skills:

• Attention and listening: foundations for speaking and listening
• Learning new words: children with weaker vocabularies are at risk of difficulties with literacy 
• Building sentences: a vital skill for conversation and narrative development

Early Talk Boost training will cover:

• the importance of early language skills
• the rationale behind the Early Talk Boost intervention
• how to identify children for the intervention using the Early Talk Boost Tracker
• content and deliver of the intervention

Target audience: Early years practitioners

Resource costs: The Early Talk Boost toolkit costs  £450 

Various training options are available : For further details contact Linda McGlasham tel. 523106 

email: linda.mcglasham@hartlepool.gov.uk