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Supporting children with speech, language and communication needs: implementing Bercow
This paper will set in context the Bercow Review of Provision for Children and Young People (0‐19) with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (Bercow, 2008). The review has been already proved incredibly powerful in highlighting at a political level the needs of children with language and communication difficulties as well as the needs of all children to learn to communicate effectively. The Review comes at a time when there are huge opportunities to re‐model services that support children with SLCN in order to be more effective and provide better long‐term outcomes. The challenges lie in the sheer scale of the change that is needed and the ‘whole system’ nature of the potential change.
Supporting children with speech, language and communication needs: the context
The past decade has seen Government policy move consistently towards the integration of services around the child and their family. The Every Child Matters agenda (DfES, 2003), has the following aims for every child at its core, that they should be supported to, • • • • • Be healthy Stay safe Enjoy and achieve Make a positive contribution Achieve economic well‐being.
The Every Child Matters programme is a truly ‘cross cutting’ agenda in that no one public service, health, education or social care, can achieve these five outcomes for children and families on their own. The intentions of the Every Child Matters agenda have been written into law in the Children Bill (2004) which, among other things, requires every Local Authority to appoint a Director of Children’s Service, who has to oversee the provision of the Every Child Matters agenda for all children and families in their Local Authority. Families of children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), are only too aware of ...
This paper will set in context the Bercow Review of Provision for Children and Young People (0‐19) with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (Bercow, 2008). The review has been already proved incredibly powerful in highlighting at a political level the needs of children with language and communication difficulties as well as the needs of all children to learn to communicate effectively. The Review comes at a time when there are huge opportunities to re‐model services that support children with SLCN in order to be more effective and provide better long‐term outcomes. The challenges lie in the sheer scale of the change that is needed and the ‘whole system’ nature of the potential change.
Supporting children with speech, language and communication needs: the context
The past decade has seen Government policy move consistently towards the integration of services around the child and their family. The Every Child Matters agenda (DfES, 2003), has the following aims for every child at its core, that they should be supported to, • • • • • Be healthy Stay safe Enjoy and achieve Make a positive contribution Achieve economic well‐being.
The Every Child Matters programme is a truly ‘cross cutting’ agenda in that no one public service, health, education or social care, can achieve these five outcomes for children and families on their own. The intentions of the Every Child Matters agenda have been written into law in the Children Bill (2004) which, among other things, requires every Local Authority to appoint a Director of Children’s Service, who has to oversee the provision of the Every Child Matters agenda for all children and families in their Local Authority. Families of children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), are only too aware of ...