Language for Learning in the Primary School: A Practical Guide for Supporting Pupils with Speech, Language and Communication Needs Across the Curriculum (nasen spotlight)

The third edition of Language for Learning in the Primary School is an indispensable resource, packed full of practical suggestions on how to support 5-11-year-old children with speech, language, and communication needs. Colour coded throughout for easy referencing, this unique book supports inclusive practice by helping teachers to:

• Identify children with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN)
• Understand speech, language, and communication skills
• Consider roles and responsibilities at primary school
• Plan a differentiated and adapted curriculum
• Consider the language demands across subjects
• Adopt a whole-school approach
• Make use of a wide range of positive strategies to support children in the classroom
• Empower children to access the curriculum

Fully revised and updated, Language for Learning in the Primary School, 3rd edition, comes complete with a wealth of photocopiable and downalodable resources, giving teachers and teaching assistants the confidence to help children with SLCN more effectively in mainstream settings. It will also be an extremely useful resource for speech and language therapists, specialist teachers, and educational psychologists.

Sue Hayden is a speech, language, and communication needs trainer with over 30 years' specialist teaching experience both in primary and secondary schools.

Emma Jordan is a service manager and specialist speech and language therapist for the Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service within Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust.

The authors wrote and delivered the original ‘Language for Learning’ training courses and materials, training mainstream school staff across Worcestershire and training trainers in other areas of the UK. Emma continues to manage the ‘Language for Learning’ project in Worcestershire.