Speech, language and communication

All staff working with children aged 0-18 and 25 years for children with special education needs should have speech language and communication as part of their training and development.

There are several free training sessions, which include universal services but numbers are limited, so if you would like to book yourself/ your team onto any training sessions, please speak to a member of your management team.

Professional Development Training Programme - The Coventry Early Years and Childcare Professional Development Training Programme, outlines training and briefing opportunities for Coventry Ofsted registered Childminders, Private, Voluntary and Independent Nurseries, playgroups, Out of School Clubs and School Nurseries/Reception classes. For more information, please see here on how to book onto these courses.

NELI - delivers oral language enrichment and intervention programme for children in the year before they enter formal education – usually three to four year olds. The programme provides a 20-week evidence-based language intervention for all children, as well as additional targeted support for the children who need it the most. It includes an easy-to-use and reliable assessment of language skills, called LanguageScreen, CPD-certified training and end-to-end support