Supporting your child’s speech, language & communication skills (ages 0-5)
For parents of children (aged 0-5) in England with a disability or additional needs including speech, language & communication challenges.
Date and time
Location
Online
About this event
- Event lasts 2 hours
If your child has additional needs, it may not be easy learning how to understand and manage their speech, language and communication challenges. Getting the right information and support can be hard work.
This session will help you to think about best to understand and support your child, and how you can share this knowledge with others who are involved with your child's development.
Supporting your child’s speech, language & communication skills (ages 0 to 5)
If your child has speech and language challenges (with or without a diagnosis), then this workshop is for you.
You will learn about…
- How and why children learn to communicate
- Strategies to help your child that you can put into place at home
- Resources to help you and your child
- Working with others to support your child
Further information
This workshop will be held online on Zoom. It will not be recorded. You are welcome to keep your camera/audio off during the workshop if you would feel more comfortable doing so.
This workshop is for parent carers of children (aged 0-5) with additional needs or disabilities in England (with or without a diagnosis). If your child is aged 6+ and/or you do not live in England, please visit our website or call our helpline for information and support.
Practitioners/Professionals: We regret that we are unable to offer places on this workshop to practitioners/professionals unless you are also a parent carer of a child (aged 0-5) in England. You can book a place on Contact’s workshops and webinars for professionals here: Practitioner workshops and webinars or visit Our offer for professionals to find out more about how Contact can help you to support families.
We are committed to offering workshops that are accessible to the widest possible audience. If you have any accessibility needs regarding this workshop, please get in touch with training.admin@contact.org.uk as early as possible so that we can do our best to meet your needs.
For any enquiries relating to your booking, please email training.admin@contact.org.uk
Please note: This is one of 2 workshops created by Speech & Language UK, just for parent carers. You may also be interested in attending:
Supporting your child’s social communication skills (ages 0 to 5)
If your child has a social communication challenge (with or without a diagnosis), then this workshop is for you.
You will learn about…
- Social communication skills in young children and how they develop
- How to help your child if they are at very early (or preverbal) stage of development
- Strategies that work well to support social communication skills at home
- Resources you can access for further support
You are welcome to attend one or both workshops – start with the one that sounds right for you and your child. To see upcoming availability for the workshops, please view the collection here: Brighter Beginnings, Early Years (0 - 5) workshops.
This Brighter Beginnings workshop is written and delivered by speech and language therapists and advisors for the children’s communication charity, Speech & Language UK, and brought to you by Contact as a member of the Early Years SEND Partnership.
Speech and Language UK: We are Speech and Language UK – we want every child to face the future with confidence. For more information, please visit: Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives or email info@speechandlanguage.org.uk
Early Years SEND Partnership: The Early Years SEND Partnership is a national programme supporting professionals and parents with training, resources, and an approach to sharing learning, with the aim to increase access and inclusion in early years for children with SEN and Disabilities. For further information, please visit: About the EYSEND Partnership
Contact: We are Contact, the UK charity for families with disabled children. We support families with the best possible guidance and information. We bring families together to support each other. And we help families to campaign, volunteer and fundraise to improve life for themselves and others.
For further information and support from Contact, please visit: www.contact.org.uk or email info@contact.org.uk
Frequently asked questions
This workshop is written and delivered by experienced speech and language therapists and advisors for the children’s communication charity, Speech & Language UK. The workshop will be supported by an family support consultant from Contact, the UK charity for families with disabled children.
The workshop will be held on Zoom. We will send all registered attendees an email with the Zoom link one week in advance, and again on the day of the workshop. If possible, please join 5-10 minutes early to enter the waiting room, ready for the workshop to start.
Please check your spam or junk mailbox if you haven’t received any emails from Eventbrite with joining instructions in the run-up to the workshop. If you still need assistance, please email training.admin@contact.org.uk so that our team can help.
You do not need a Zoom account to attend our workshop as a participant. Ahead of the event, we will email you an invite link along with a unique meeting ID and passcode to join the workshop. Simply click the link or input the meeting ID and passcode on www.Zoom.com.
If you need advice on how to use Zoom before the workshop, please email training.admin@contact.org.uk as soon as possible so that we can send you guidance in advance.
No, this workshop will not be recorded in order to preserve the privacy of any group discussions. Attendees will receive a PDF copy of the workshop slides after the workshop, you may find it useful to have a pen and paper handy during the session.
No, you are welcome to join the workshop without your camera/audio on. Please ensure your Zoom participant name matches the name you registered your ticket for, so that we can take a register and ensure a safe place for all attendees.
If you are no longer able to attend the workshop, please cancel your place via Eventbrite or by emailing training.admin@contact.org.uk so that we can offer your place to someone on the waiting list.
We are committed to offering workshops that are accessible to the widest audience possible. If you have any accessibility needs regarding this workshop, please get in touch with training.admin@contact.org.uk as early as possible so that we can do our best to meet your needs.
If your question isn’t answered here, please email us at training.admin@contact.org.uk.