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Speech and language training and workshops

  • Parents and Carers
  • Professionals and Clinicians
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  • Speech, language and communication

We have made training workshops and courses for parents, carers and professionals. The training will help parents, carers and professionals support children of all ages. These workshops and courses are for people within Bedfordshire and Luton.

We are passionate about upskilling people. We want to help them support all children with their speech, language and communication skills. 

We also have lots of videos and downloads available for you to watch and use. Watch our speech and language downloads training videos.

If you have any general training enquiries, including requests for traded training, please email ccs.beds.childrens.slt.training@nhs.net


Last reviewed: 1 November, 2024

Speech, language and communication

Training for parents and carers

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Chattertots and Little Talkers

Our chattertots and little talker workshops are to help you support your child's early communication skills. There will be a focus on helping your child to listen, understand what you are saying and spoken language.

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Early language users workshop

A workshop for staff and parents to help create a communication friendly environment for children. The workshop will teach you how to bring communication and interaction skills into different settings. This can be at home or in a education environment. 

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Helping children with unclear speech workshop

Children learn speech, language and communication skills doing everyday activities. They will be learning at home and at school. Some children can have difficulties saying words. Join our workshop to learn strategies to help your child's speech sounds.

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Makaton signing training

Makaton is a way for you and your child to communicate. It is designed to help hearing people with learning or communication difficulties. Makaton uses signs, gestures and pictures with speech, in spoken word order. Find out more about our Makaton taster sessions

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Pre-verbal communicators workshop

A workshop to help parents and professionals create a communication friendly environment for children who have not started talking. The workshop will teach you how to bring communication and interaction skills into different settings. This can be at home or in a education environment.

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Speech, language and communication

Training for professionals

Training for professionals is open to anyone who works with children such as teachers, teaching assistants, social workers, early years practitioners and child minders. 

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Makaton signing training

Makaton is a way for you and your child to communicate. It is designed to help hearing people with learning or communication difficulties. Makaton uses signs, gestures and pictures with speech, in spoken word order. Find out more about our Makaton taster sessions

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Early language users workshop

A workshop for staff and parents to help create a communication friendly environment for children. The workshop will teach you how to bring communication and interaction skills into different settings. This can be at home or in a education environment. 

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Early years communication and language toolkit workshop

This workshop is to help professionals understand how to use the early years communication and language toolkit. The toolkit is a screening tool for toddlers and preschoolers between 1 to 5 years old.

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Storytelling and narrative skill workshop

Storytelling and understanding narrative is important for children in day-to-day conversations. These skills will help them understand the order of events. They are used when they share news, talk about events or tell stories about their day. These stories can be from their imagination or repeating the events of the day. 

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Lift Off To Language

Lift off to language is a speech and language programme for early years education settings. It was made to help educators develop children's speech, language and communication skills.

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Pre-verbal communicators workshop

A workshop to help parents and professionals create a communication friendly environment for children who have not started talking. The workshop will teach you how to bring communication and interaction skills into different settings. This can be at home or in a education environment.

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Sail into Sounds

Sail into sound is a speech sound programme for early years education settings. It was made to help educators develop children's speech skills.

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Speech sounds workshop

Join this workshop to find out more about how to support children with speech sound difficulties. This workshop is for educational professionals in early years and school settings like nursery or school.

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Supporting children's speech, language and communication skills

This workshop is to help professionals in Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire to learn how to help and support children's speech, language and communication skills.

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Talking takes off workshop

For professionals in Luton. Talking takes off is the early years communication champion training in Luton. Find out more about communication champions and how you can help children with the speech, language and communication skill development.

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The Blank's Model workshop

Our blank’s levels of questioning workshop is for professionals wanting to learn more about the technique. It is used to help children with their verbal reasoning and abstract language skills. Find out more about the workshop and how to book.

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Understanding and using vocabulary workshop

Learn about how to help school-aged children with vocabulary challenges. This workshop helps professionals understand how kids learn words, the impact of vocabulary struggles, and strategies to help.

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Communication Champion courses

Our courses are open to professionals working with children such as teachers, teaching assistants, social workers, early years practitioners and child minders. Communication Champions identify and help children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).

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Bedford Borough Communication Champions

Suitable for staff working in mainstream schools in Bedford Borough supporting children from Reception to Year 6.

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Central Bedfordshire Communication Champions

Suitable for staff working in mainstream schools in Central Bedfordshire supporting children from Reception to Year 6.

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Luton Elklan (Communication Champions)

Suitable for staff working in mainstream schools in Luton supporting children and young people from Reception to Year 11.

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