Speech sounds workshop

This workshop is for professionals only

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Speech sounds are the building blocks of words. When a child’s speech is difficult to understand, it can affect how easily they can take part in conversations, share ideas, and engage in learning.

Supporting speech development can help children to communicate more confidently and successfully. A key focus of the workshop is how adults can adapt their modelling, feedback, and activities to support speech development.

Aim of this workshop

Develop an understanding of how speech sounds emerge and develop in different ways
Recognise how differences in speech clarity can impact children’s communication, learning, and social interaction
Learn practical, play-based strategies to support clearer communication at universal and targeted levels
Build confidence in identifying when additional support or referral may be helpful.

Entry criteria

You may have completed a speech sound screener and have concerns about a child's speech sound development. This is for children up to Key Stage 1 (KS1).

This workshop is for professionals supporting children who:

use sentences to communicate, but it may be hard for others to understand at times
use different speech sound patterns (e.g. swapping or omitting certain sounds)
can participate in structured, adult-supported activities

Workshop dates

The booking window will close 2 working days before the date of the training.

If you’re unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to others. In line with our policy, non-attendance may incur a fee.

If you need to change the attendee, please let us know as soon as possible so we can update our records. Please include their name and email address so we can share the relevant information with them. Email: eec.beds.childrens.slt.training@nhs.net

This workshop is via Microsoft Teams video call.

Date: Monday 19 October 2026

Time: 1pm to 3pm

Fee: £25

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Additional information

We recommend taking a look at some of our pages before booking onto the workshop. Especially if you have no experience of helping children's speech sound development.

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Speech sounds

Speech sounds are the individual sounds we use to make words. Find out more about speech sound development, milestones and activities.

Speech sounds training videos

Short training videos 'Introduction to speech sounds', 'Early sound play', and 'Phonological awareness'. Speech sound downloads and resources are also available on this page.

Downloads

Speech sounds screening tool

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Last reviewed: 5 March, 2025

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