The course is aimed at early years/pre-school practitioners who want to increase their knowledge of the approaches and strategies that can be used in settings to support the development of speech, language and communication in children aged 0-5.

Places on this session are available at the following rates: • Free of Charge: Blackpool Health Visitors, Blackpool Community Health Practitioners, Blackpool Early Years Practitioners • Subsidised at a rate of £15.00 per ticket inc. VAT: Other professionals working with children and young people in Blackpool • Chargeable at a rate of £50.00 per ticket inc. VAT: All others interested in attending this course If you are unsure as to what rate you may be asked to pay, please contact accounts@communicate-slt.org.uk or add your question to your Expression of Interest form and we'll confirm this for you.

This in person training package consists of 1 x 6 hour session delivered face to face, with both comfort breaks and a lunch break scheduled throughout the day. You will receive a welcome email from your trainer with joining instructions closer to the date of the training.

The Supporting Communication and Language module focuses on increasing participants knowledge of typical communication and language development, developing practitioners’ strategies and interaction styles to maximise their opportunities to develop every child’s skills in communication and language.

All trainers are licensed professionals.

Please bring your EARLY TALK TOOLKIT along with you to the training (you can share one between others from your setting). We will be referring to this during the session. At the end of the training, we will ask you to complete two evaluation forms in order to receive your training certificate.

Please note that all training will be invoiced for as soon as we know there are sufficient participants to run the course. Payment is due within 14 days of receipt of the invoice. All training sessions are non-refundable but are transferable to a new date if we are notified within the time period detailed below.

7 days' notice must be given in writing to events@communicate-slt.org.uk if the booker wishes to change the date of your training session/request reallocation of the cost to an alternative date. Any sessions cancelled by the booker later than 7 days before the first session is due to be carried out, will not be eligible for transfer or refund. Communicate SLT reserve the right to cancel any training session and in such an event will reimburse in full any course fees paid.