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Resources  | Early Years

If your child is age 0 – 5 years (not in full time school) this section is for you! We recommend you look through the following resources, videos and advice sheets and try some strategies that are relevant to your child’s age and stage to help your child’s speech, language and communication development.

If you would like more specific information on different aspects of speech, language and communication please click on the tabs in the Information for parents  or Information for professionals section of our website for strategies to support any areas that apply to your child including: attention and listening, speech, spoken language, understanding of language, social communication and interaction, fluency, vocabulary, selective mutism and more.

FOLLOW — Watch our 'Promoting communication' webinar

  • Learn about what our FOLLOW strategies are. 
  • Learn about your role in supporting speech and language development.
  • Key stages of speech and language development.
  • Top tips for promoting speech and language and communication in early years.

Watch our 15-minute webinar.

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Promoting Communication from HCT NHS Trust on Vimeo.