We are so pleased that @beckyfrancis.bsky.social has made these big recommendations. There is more we want the Government to do, but this is a massive step forward. 👏

See what else needs to be done to support the two million children struggling to talk and understand words ⬇️

Hundreds of thousands of children with lifelong speech and language challenges, from children with Developmental Language Disorder to autistic children, desperately need teachers who know how to teach them.

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They’ve also said the Government should give more guidance to schools on how to adapt teaching to children with special educational needs.

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This is huge and historic. Finally, someone is saying that talking in all its forms is as important as reading and writing.

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💡 🗣️ All schools and nurseries need enough expertise and funding to teach all children, from the hundreds of thousands with preventable speech and language challenges to the 800,000 in England with lifelong challenges.

💡 🗣️ All schools and nurseries need enough expertise and funding to teach all children, from the hundreds of thousands with preventable speech and language challenges to the 800,000 in England with lifelong challenges.