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Individualised, four-stage programmes to help parents
and school staff support children with unclear speech

The impact of COVID on young children's communication

Elklan is proud to be facilitating communication development in Early Years.

The speech and language trainers

The speech and language trainers

Elklan are national leaders in training education practitioners, other professionals and parents, to help children and young people develop the skills they need to succeed in life.

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Decades of front-line expertise in speech and language therapy and training, we understand the vital tools for people to use when working with children.

We write our own accredited courses and produce a host of supporting materials - giving you the confidence to make a difference.

More than 60,000 people across the UK and around the world have chosen to become Elklan learners, completing courses run by our network of 3,500 therapists and specialist teachers we've trained as licenced tutors.

What Elklan does is unique. We're the only organisation offering a choice of local accredited face-to-face and online courses tailored for different professional roles and child age groups.

Our innovative approach
has come into its own during COVID-19.

We've continued to provide our accredited courses through interactive online learning, ensuring participants feel well-supported and able to share learning with others through live webinars.

Our innovative approach
has come into its own during COVID-19.

We've continued to provide our accredited courses through interactive online learning, ensuring participants feel well-supported and able to share learning with others through live webinars.

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Project Showcase

TALK Derby

Elklan has been proud to have worked with Derby City Council and Dept of Education colleagues to bring TALK Derby to Early Years practitioners in the city. The project is drawing to a close, and so we want to take this opportunity to all of those who have worked so diligently to make the Elklan training offered a success over the past two years.

Times have been challenging, but our wonderful team of Elklan tutors, especially Faith Cross and Suzanne Dunne who have worked tirelessly to support the learners to improve the life chances and communication skills of pre-school children in Derby.

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More projects
Early Years Professional Development Programme (EYPDP)
Herefordshire County Council
Ipswich Opportunity Area

What do practitioners say?

As the SENCo at a large primary school I work with many speech and language therapists, as well as the staff who deliver the programmes they write. The 5-11s course has provided me with a thorough and comprehensive overview of speech and language needs and strategies.

I found the course structure logical and accessible. I also liked the fact that many of the strategies discussed could be used as whole class or group teaching approaches, not just as 1:1 intervention – particularly the strategies around vocabulary and expressive language development.

The Language Builders manual is a great resource, providing clear information and worked examples. An excellent professional development opportunity.
Liz S - SENCo2021
Re: Elklan e-learning sessions for 5-11s
I have found this course to be really useful and informative. This was my top training of 2019!

The tutor shows a lot of passion and appeared very knowledgeable in this area. The course has made me reflect on my 1-1 work with young people and how it can be improved on to better meet my young people's speech and language needs
J. F.2020
Re: Elklan Speech and Language Support for Vulnerable Young People

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