The early years is a critical period for children’s development – most importantly for children’s speech, language and communication which in turn underpin so many other areas of children’s development.
This I CAN Talk report illustrates how language is a crucial part of the current cross sector themes in early years: social disadvantage and mobility, early identification and intervention, children’s changing childhood and integrated working.
This report explores the implications of this in terms of outcomes for children, services for the family, the early years workforce and the settings they work in. At a time ripe for UK-wide change, the final section looks at what is needed to inform commissioners so that effective, authority wide services which both support children’s language needs and develop communication supportive environments are established.
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