We are delighted to have been commissioned to manage and deliver this ambitious project aimed at boosting the language and communication skills of 3–4-year-olds across a whole London Borough. It is aimed at children who, during the pandemic, have missed out on much of the high-quality language and communication support that pre-school and nursery settings normally provide. We hope a greater number of children will start reception from September 2022 with the essential speaking and listening skills they need in order to learn and to interact with peers.
We will be working in collaboration with:
- RBG Inclusion, Learning and Achievement Division and Early Years Setting staff
- Greenwich Children’s Integrated Therapies, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Speech & Language Therapy (SaLT) team
- Therapy Links UK CIC
- I CAN Charity
We plan to co-design and deliver sustainable training and intervention using the ICAN Early Talk Boost programme. As part of the project, a number of RBG setting staff will become licensed ICAN Early Talk Boost tutors who can continue to develop language & communication support in the Borough over time. We hope to involve SaLT students from London Universities and to measure and report on the impact of the project. For more information see our projects page.