Early Years CPD

Talk Boost KS1 is a targeted, evidence based intervention developed by the communication charity ICAN which supports children aged 4-7 with language delay.  It can boost a child's language by 12-18 months in a ten week period, helping them to catch up with other children their age. It is delivered by a trained practitioner, 3 times a week for 10 weeks, to a group of 4 children.  It can boost a child's language by 12-18 months in a ten week period, helping them to catch up with other children their age.

Talk Boost KS1 supports key language skills :

• Attention and listening      
• Vocabulary
• Building sentences
• Telling stories
• Conversations

Talk Boost KS1  training will cover:

• the importance of early language skills
• the rationale behind the Talk Boost intervention
• how to identify children for the intervention using the Talk Boost KS1 Tracker
• content and delivery of the intervention

Target audience: Early years practitioners

Resource costs:

• Talk Boost KS1 starter kit  costs  £350   (essential)
• Talk Boost Toolkit, organiser file box and kit bag  costs £175 (optional) 

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

email: linda.mcglasham@hartlepool.gov.uk