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Inspirational Communicators and Outstanding Settings Honoured at Shine a Light Awards

Last Thursday, The Communication Trust and Pearson were proud to announce the winners of the 2015 Shine a Light Awards, a national awards scheme that celebrates innovative work and excellent practice in supporting children and young people’s communication development. Hosted … Continue reading

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Parents as partners for better speech, language and communication outcomes

Shona Crichton from The Communication Trust writes about ‘Parents as partners for better speech, language and communication outcomes’ 1 We know that children make progress in any area of their development when they can be supported to thrive in the … Continue reading

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Free talks on speech, language and communication – #SLTLearn

Join us this July for #SLTLearn, the second in our series of online outreach events for 2015. The talks taking place from 13th to 17th July are aimed at Speech and Language Therapists and Teachers, and are designed to inform, engage … Continue reading

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SEND Reforms for SLCN Survey – Guest post from The Communication Trust

The Communication Trust is running a third survey across June 2015, to find out more about the perceived opportunities and remaining challenges of the reformed SEND system for children and young people with SLCN, almost a whole academic year on from the Reforms coming into effect. Continue reading

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Free Event: The Communication Commitment for Schools

Pearson Assessment and The Communication Trust are delighted to host a new event entitled ‘The Communication Commitment for Schools: Making a commitment to help all students communicate to the best of their ability’. The event will be held on the 24th June in Central London. Continue reading

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Do you know a Communication Champion? The Shine a Light Awards Open.

Good communication skills are essential for learning and making friends, and have wide impacts across a child’s development, which is why The Communication Trust and Pearson Assessment have today launched the fourth Shine a Light Awards 2015. Featuring new categories, these awards will recognise teams, settings and individuals across England who supports children and young people’s communication needs. Continue reading

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Peacehaven Community School: Continuing to raise the importance of SLCN

Peacehaven Community School, were this year’s winners of the Secondary School of the Year, Shine a Light Award. We caught up with Clare O’Rourke, Speech and Language Teacher at PCS to hear about what the school has been doing since … Continue reading

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No Pens Wednesday 2014 – A Big Success! – Guest Blog Post

No Pens Day Wednesday 2014 took place on Wednesday 15th October and was an overwhelming success! We had over 1,700 schools registered this year, our most popular year yet! This year we have also seen a huge boost in registrations from those working in Early Years settings and special schools, with dedicated resources available for these settings appearing for the first time in No Pens Day 2014. It’s been wonderful that so many new schools and settings have taken part this year and we have been lucky enough to hear about the innovative ways that some of you have used the Trust’s materials. Continue reading

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Innovation leads the way at our forthcoming conferences

The past few weeks have been jam-packed with a whole host of wonderful events including, but certainly not limited to the following: Firstly we had the very successful Cogmed Conference, a fully booked, innovative and thought provoking day, that was … Continue reading

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