A new training package will assist early years practitioners and parents in working effectively with each other to understand the links between speech, language and literacy, and to ensure early identification of children who need extra support.
Language and Literacy: Joining Together is the result of joint research project (funded by GlaxoSmithKline) between the Bitish Dyslexia Association, the speech and language charity Afasic, and the department of human communication science at University College London. Tutor’s manual, handouts, transparencies and a video allow tutors to run the course of two four-hour sessions in their own areas. pound;175 + pound;17.76 VAT, cheques payable to the BDA, at 98 London Road, Reading RG1 5AU.