For Parents & Carers

In this section there is some really useful information for parents:

• How you can support your child’s speech and language development
• How to choose a good pre-school setting for your child
• An interesting article from Talk to Your Baby called When Does Communciation Begin?
• And finally - are dummies a hindrance to speech and language development?

And we also have some stories written by parents about their children:

• Patrick's Story, written by his mother
• Robert's story, written by his mother, gives the history of how her son's speech and language difficulties were initially detected and the positive results achieved in attending two of I CAN's special schools.
• Chloe's story, written by her mother, gives the history of her daughter's speech and language difficulties from birth to 16 years of age.
• John's story, written by his father, gives an account of his son attending one of I CAN's special schools.
• Susan's story, Transitions - moving on, moving in, a mother's tale of how her daughter with Asperger's Syndrome, moved into her own flat.