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Government's "solutions" for the speech and language crisis in the SEND system simply don't fit the scale of need! Children with speech and language challenges need far more than limited programme expansions (with less funding, at that!) – they need long-term investment and system-wide reform!

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2 million children in the UK struggle with talking & understanding words. Join our mailing list for: 📧 Expert tips 📧 Inspiring stories 📧 First looks at new tools & campaigns Together, we can change lives. Sign up: speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved...

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2 million UK children struggle with talking and understanding words. Our Early Talk Boost programme helps children progress in 9 weeks-and it's now FREE via a new EEF research project. Give children skills for the future: speechandlanguage.org.uk/educators-an...

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“This feels more like cost cutting than genuine reform and puts hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children at risk.” – @janeharrislondon.bsky.social 🗣Changes to EHCPs must improve support for children with speech and language challenges, not take away parents’ rights!

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We're blown away by the number of people who have signed our petition for fairer schools! 🥊 But we still need your help to continue our campaigning and make the Government listen. Donate today to help our demands reach Parliament. Can we count on you? speechandlanguage.org.uk?form=donate

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

June is nearly upon us, and you know what that means... it's nearly time to zip it – for the 1 in 5 children in the UK who are struggling with talking and understanding words. 🤫 for 24 hours and make a real difference. Think you've got what it takes? >> givp.nl/register/0Uc...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

For the 78,000 children with complex speech and language challenges who rely on Education, Health and Care plans to access support, the Government's plan to scrap them would be catastrophic. It's time children's futures are prioritised over short-term money-saving measures.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

💬 Imagine winning £25,000 while helping a child find their voice. For just £1, you can support the 2 million children in the UK with speech and language challenges and be in with a chance to win. 18+ GB only. Enter now: www.speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

This is unbelievable – the Department for Education have forgotten to mention the 1 million neurodivergent children with Developmental Language Disorder... again! These children's lives could be changed by this programme, so why are Government just pretending these children don't exist?

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Here's why we believe scrapping EHCPs isn't the answer, and what we think the Government could do to improve outcomes for the 2 million children with speech and language challenges💡👇 speechandlanguage.org.uk/about-us/new...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Once again, the Govt is prioritising money-saving measures over the rights of children with speech and language challenges who need support the most.😡 @janeharrislondon.bsky.social quoted in the Times: www.thetimes.com/article/0b90...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

The rumoured cuts to EHCPs could put hundreds of thousands of children with speech and language challenges without a legal entitlement to support. It feels like stealing rights that even Thatcher respected from kids who don’t have a voice to complain! speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved...

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submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

"We need a national, fully funded strategy that embeds early speech and language support across all early years, primary, and secondary settings – and a workforce strategy to make it deliverable." Our response to the Government's announcement to expand the Early Language Support for Every Child⬇️

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submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

🤫 Take on The Big Silence! Go quiet for 24 hours and raise money for the 1 in 5 children who have challenges talking and understanding words. Dare a chatterbox to take part! Sign up here: givp.nl/register/0Uc... #TheBigSilence #SpeechAndLanguageUK

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

We're not surprised😞 Our report, #SupportNotSanctions, found that 2M children with speech and language challenges (a record high!) face unfair punishment because their schools don't know how to support them. How can children be happy if they're being unfairly punished?

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

By making a donation today, you can change the lives of the 2M children struggling to talk and understand words. Text SPEECH to 70560 to donate £5 now. Texts cost the chosen donation amount plus one standard network rate message. Or give a gift online💙 speechandlanguage.org.uk?form=donate

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

2M children have speech and language challenges. Early Talk Boost offers helps children improve their talking and understanding of words in just 9 weeks. Get it for your setting for free today by signing up to our research project with @theeef.bsky.social! speechandlanguage.org.uk/educators-an...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Looks like Tom Bennett wants his old job back... This would be terrible! His behaviour management approach harms so many, especially the 2M children with speech and language challenges who face unfair punishment. Demand change!👇 speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/si... #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Thousands of children with speech & language challenges are punished unfairly at school. They need support, not sanctions. Sign our petition & demand better teacher training & fairer policies✍ speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/si... #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Funding is great, but it must include support for the 2 million children with speech and language challenges who otherwise wouldn't be able to access it. 1/2

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

This is really concerning! Scrapping education, health and care plans won't get more speech and language support to children who need it. Some children need plans because the support they need is complex - and they have to be legally enforceable because the system too often lets children down.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

78% of teachers say that children with speech and language challenges are being unfairly punished at school. This is unacceptable. We're demanding urgent change for the 2M children struggling to talk and understand words🗣 lnkd.in/g5YfevYD #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

🚨URGENT🚨 A policy and practice overhaul is needed to support the 2 million children with speech and language challenges who have a higher risk of developing mental health problems💔 Our joint statement with @centreformh.bsky.social: bit.ly/4jOMWu0 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Children with speech and language challenges are more likely to have poor mental health but less likely to be able to access effective support. With @speechandlanguk.bsky.social, we're calling for action to tackle this inequity: tinyurl.com/4avhwckr #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MHAW

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek! There are 2 million children in the UK who struggle to talk and understand words – a record high. Without the right support, they can feel anxious, isolated and overwhelmed. This needs to change.👇 speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/si... #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Think staying silent is easy? Prove it! And help the 1 in 5 children who struggle to talk and understand words every day. Take on The Big Silence this June🤫 Sign up now: speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

2M children with speech and language challenges in the UK face unfair punishment at school. This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, join us in demanding school communities that give children support, not sanctions👇 bit.ly/4kgjayi #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

📣 2,638 have signed - thank you! We’re calling for support, not sanctions, for children unfairly punished for struggling with talking and understanding words. Every name shows the Government MUST act. ✍️ Sign our petition today: speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/si... #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Róisín watched her daughter Ellen retreat at school because no one understood her. She’s not alone. 78% of teachers say children with speech & language challenges are unfairly punished. Let’s end this. Sign our petition: speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved... #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

✅Speech and language intervention programmes ✅In-house specialist support ✅Improved teacher training These are all crucial ways that schools can support 2M children with speech and language challenges! 🗣The Government MUST invest in schools now: speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/ou...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Children like 5-year-old Evie are being failed by our education system just because they struggle to talk and understand words. 💔 This isn’t good enough. It’s time to make school fair for all children! Sign our petition today 👉 bit.ly/4izwPzg #SEND #Education

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

We’re overwhelmed with the support for the #SupportNotSanctions petition! ✍🌈 Thousands of you have already joined the fight to make schools fair for the 1 in 5 children with speech and language challenges facing unfair punishment. Spread the word now! speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 78% of UK teachers say children with speech & language challenges are unfairly punished at school. With 2 million children struggling to talk and understand words, this must change. 🗣 Raise your voice—sign the petition: speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved... #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

2 MILLION children in the UK are struggling with talking and understanding words – a shocking 35% increase in the since 2019. Thousands of these children are being unfairly punished at school because of their speech and language challenges💔 Learn more👇 www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2050...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you to Baroness Glenys Thornton for the kind words! Speech and language development should be definitely be in the Children's Wellbeing Bill, given that a record-high 2 million children in the UK now have speech and language challenges😞 >> speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/ou...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

We're gobsmacked that the Department for Education can spend over £600,000 on experts to deliver "bespoke" support and advice for breakfast clubs, yet do nothing to save a really impactful early years training scheme... Bring back the EYPDP! >> speechandlanguage.org.uk/about-us/new...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Thousands of children with speech & language challenges are punished unfairly at school. They need support, not sanctions. Sign our petition & demand better teacher training & fairer policies✍ speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved... #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

K, a teacher and SENCo, witnessed first-hand how behaviour systems fail children with speech and language challenges. It’s happening UK-wide. The Government MUST act: better training, fair policies, proper support. Demand change: speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved... #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Imagine being punished for not understanding your teacher or asking for help.💔 Children like Evie, 5, are being failed by our education system. This isn't good enough. Make school fair for all children! Sign our petition today: speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved... #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Imagine being punished for not understanding your teacher or asking for help.💔 Kids like Evie, 5, are being failed by our education system. This isn't good enough. Make school fair for all children! Sign our petition today: speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved... #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

A jaw-dropping 78% of UK teachers say kids with speech and language challenges are unfairly punished. This must change. 2 million children are struggling right now. Raise your voice with us and sign our petition🗣 speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved/sign-our-petition/ #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING NEWS: Thousands of pupils across the UK are being unfairly punished because of their speech and language challenges🚨 Will you join us and demand change now? 👉 speechandlanguage.org.uk/get-involved... #SupportNotSanctions

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments