Information for Managers of SLT services: Benefits of Elklan training for the SLT service

Once a member of staff in a school or Early Years setting has been trained using an Elklan course they are of huge benefit because:

The SLT department can sell the training programmes to the schools so raising money.
The amount of time the SLT has to spend talking about a child with the trained staff member is reduced because there is a shared language e.g.
ICW's which the SLT has confidence that is understood. This improves efficiency
The practitioner can liaise efficiently with the SLT service.
They understand why they are being asked to support a child in a specific way
They can change the way they speak to children which helps develop receptive language and verbal reasoning skills.
children have speech sound difficulty and why it is important to follow SLT programmes
They know how to support children with a range of different speech, language and communication needs
They have capacity within the setting to manage some children themselves. They don't need to refer every child to speech and language therapy but only those who need to be seen for more assessment