Language for Learning in the Primary School ─ A Practical Guide for Supporting Pupils With Language and Communication Difficulties Across the Curriculum

This essential reference handbook provides teachers and practitioners with a practical and realistic framework for supporting pupils with speech and language difficulties in mainstream settings. This fully updated new edition supports inclusive practice by helping readers to:

• identify speech and language difficulties
• plan a differentiated curriculum
• facilitate the development of skills across meaningful learning experiences
• empower pupils to access the curriculum.

Supporting the latest DfE guidance on speaking and listening objectives, Language for Learning comes complete with numerous photocopiable resources and activities, giving teachers and teaching assistants the confidence to help children with basic speaking and communication difficulties more effectively in the mainstream classroom. It will also be an extremely useful resource for specialist teachers, speech and language therapists 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 & Language Therapy Service within Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust.

Both authors provide training for practitioners working with children and young people of all ages with SLCN and manage the ‘Language for Learning’ project based in Worcestershire.