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A new Government marks a fresh start, but it won't mean much if the 1.3M children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) continue to be ignored in SEND reform. Email @andyburnham.bsky.social and @lucympowell.bsky.social and demand an apology. 📩 https://bit.ly/4fb6r07
Abraz is just one of the 1.3 million children and young people who have been failed by the system. We can’t let another generation lose out on vital support. 📩 Email the Prime Minister and Education Secretary today. Demand an apology and help find the missing million: https://bit.ly/4fb6r07
Our new prime minister needs to know that the 1.3 million children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) can’t be ignored again. Email @andyburnham.bsky.social to demand an apology and help him find the missing million: https://bit.ly/4fb6r07
We want @andyburnham.bsky.social to apologise to the 1.3 million children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder who have been failed by the system. Will you email our new prime minister, today, asking him to apologise, and help him find the missing million? 📩 https://bit.ly/4fb6r07
Lately, we’ve been asking the Government to include children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder in their SEND reforms. 📢But the missing million with DLD still risk being ignored! Email our new prime minister today, asking him to apologise, and help him find the missing million.📩
The Young People's Committee event was amazing! 💫 Thank you to @thurrockjen.bsky.social for chairing, @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social, @helenhayes.bsky.social and @saqibbhattimp.bsky.social for joining the panel, and to the young advocates and the Speech, Language and Communication Alliance.
📢 Calling all early childcare professionals! Our new training webinar, Talking with babies, launches on 30th June. Sign up now for the chance to attend this webinar for just £5. Designed for childcare professionals who work with babies aged 0 to 12 months. Book your place >> https://bit.ly/43JVBaY
Two children in every UK classroom have Developmental Language Disorder. Yet most people have never heard of it. We’re proud to launch #VoicesForDLD, a movement making sure people with DLD are understood, supported and heard. Join us and demand change > https://bit.ly/3RZtNfV
Communication skills are essential for learning, confidence and employability. Support for speech and language challenges must be central to the Government's plans to combat the NEET crisis and prevent young people being locked out of future opportunities. Our full response👉 bit.ly/4dBg6w3
Looking for new ways to support speech and language development? Our new Secondary Bundle is designed to give you the skills and confidence to help older children and young people to thrive in secondary school, preparing them for their next steps in life. 💡 Start learning >> https://bit.ly/4uIq2dh
The Government announced in 2025 that they will introduce oracy frameworks for schools.🙌 To help you give your pupils the foundations, we have a range of tools and resources on our website>>https://bit.ly/4d6pGaa
Thank you Cllr. Charli Thompson for mentioning the 1.3 million children with Developmental Language Disorder across the country who must be included in the changes to the SEND system. We won't stop speaking up until every child with speech and language challenges is part of the conversation! 📢
It’s our chance to put children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder and Childhood Apraxia of Speech at the heart of SEND reforms. Will you use your voice to amplify theirs? Email your MP now >> https://speechandlanguage.eaction.org.uk/the-missing-million
1.3 million children have Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), yet the Government have left them out of their plans for SEND reform. But with your help, we can change this!🤝 Email your MP today to help them find the missing million>>https://bit.ly/4cwvHLP
Have you heard about our Primary Bundle? This course is designed to help you spot and support speech, language and communication in the primary years.📚 Subscribe for just £48 including VAT today👇 https://bit.ly/3R7ozOI
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) affects a shocking 1.3 million children and young people across the country. Yet they remain underdiagnosed, underrecognised, and under-supported. Will you email your MP today and help them find the missing million?📩🔎 https://bit.ly/4cwvHLP
Thanks to Jen Craft MP for highlighting the 1.3M children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)! Right now, children and young people with DLD are being left behind in the SEND reform plans. Will you email your MP and help them find the missing million? https://bit.ly/48dJkhC
The Government’s failed to recognise the 1.3 million young people with Developmental Language Disorder in its SEND reforms. That’s two in every 30 children… Missing. Forgotten. Left behind. You have the power to change this. Demand action from your local MP now!👇 https://bit.ly/4cwvHLP
Our new Pre-phonics Boost programme could help children in your classroom get ready to succeed, giving them the foundational skills they need to use phonics as they begin to learn to read and write. 🐣📈 Join us at our free webinar to find out more: https://bit.ly/4mAAXlS
@janeharrislondon.bsky.social talked to the Education Committee today to highlight what the Government needs to do so that every child with speech and language challenges, including the 1.3M children with Developmental Language Disorder, gets the support they need to communicate, learn and thrive.
Calling all teachers! Think your class can go the whole day without using a pen? 👀 Join No Pens Day, the nation’s favourite pen-free fundraiser! Beat other schools to the top of the fundraising leaderboard… and unlock pen-omenal goodies for you and your pupils! https://bit.ly/46lMY7R
We know many of you still have questions about the changes outlined in the Government's Schools White Paper and SEND consultation. Sign up to our information sessions for families and professionals so you can understand how the reforms will impact you >> https://bit.ly/46gTkpm
Young people like Gabriel are calling on the Government to commit to putting children with lifelong speech and language challenges at the heart of their reforms. 👉Join our information sessions to understand the Schools White Paper and SEND consultation >> https://bit.ly/46gTkpm
The Government has set out a bold vision in its new white paper. But there’s still a lot we don’t know, and key questions remain. So, what needs to be checked off their to-do list to make that vision a reality? 📝 We’ve got a few ideas. Check out the full list: https://bit.ly/4s9cshf
📢 University of Bristol have launched the CSCOT feasibility and impact study! The Communication Supporting Classroom Observation Tool gives educators instant insight into how their classroom supports children’s speech, language, and communication skills. Share your feedback▶️ https://bit.ly/4siBrz2
📢 Join our free webinars about the new Schools White Paper! If you want to understand the changes outlined in the white paper and what they mean for children with speech and language challenges, sign up for one of our information sessions here▶️ https://bit.ly/46gTkpm
We’re disappointed that the Government has failed to consider the #2in30 children who have Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in the Schools White Paper. They must commit to putting children with lifelong speech and language challenges at the heart of their reforms. >> https://bit.ly/3OxK0HG
Want to understand how the proposals outlined in the white paper impact children with speech and language challenges? We’re organising FREE webinars for educators, speech and language therapists and families to talk everything through. Sign up here➡️ https://bit.ly/46gTkpm
📣The Schools White Paper is out! @janeharrislondon.bsky.social outlines our key takeaways from Bridget Phillipson's announcement this morning👇 Want to understand what the Schools White Paper means for you? Sign up to our information sessions for families and educators >> https://bit.ly/46gTkpm
The Schools White Paper could change the lives of hundreds of thousands of children who face lifelong speech and language challenges. But only if the Government backs 700,000 children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), specialists & evidence. Read our full response▶️ https://bit.ly/4b524S3