i really do think that this course should be available to do through the schools as part of an LSA development and requirement.

I have thoroughly enjoyed this course because it has given me more insight as to why we do things in certain ways. Some of the strategies I already used but didn't really know why they worked so well, so understanding the theory behind everything has really helped. I also found the webinars very useful, everyone was friendly and supportive and I gained a lot of new activity ideas and techniques. Thank you for such an interesting course.

Thank you so much! I have loved this course, and feel I am so much more confident working with children with SLD. I've especially enjoyed the webinars, where we were able to share ideas from our settings and own practice.

I feel this course has given me a brilliant insight of the way I have been supporting children and how much more I could of been doing. This has given me confidence and knowledge of how I can support better in a way that is more supportive of individual children. The amount of information I have learnt is amazing and I am very excited to be able to use this more throughout my work. I found the course very interesting and was surprised to see how many of the strategies throughout that I already use without realising. Being able to expand on this has had some very interesting results and I am looking forward to seeing what else I can do with it. It also helped that our tutor was very helpful and ready to answer anything I was unsure of and also provided very useful detailed feedback for each submission, which helped me to adjust if and where needed. I would definitely highly recommend this course.

I would recommend this course to anyone who works in a school. This course has really helped me to be able to work with any child who has Speech and Language Communication Needs.

Fantastic course, thoroughly enjoyed, lots of great resources and strategies to take away.

I could not recommend this course highly enough. The content is brilliant, my tutor is exceptional, and the amount of insight/ knowledge which I have gained around the development of speech and language in 5-11 year olds is second to none. Thank you all so much, once again!

This is probably amongst the most useful and transformative training that I have undertaken in my 30 year career. Thank you!

The modules are set out in a clear, step by step way and are easy to follow. The information is also broken down in a way that makes it easy to understand and learn.

I was very impressed with the content of the course, the delivery of it, the way it was super-practical and I could put it all into practice straight away. My only feedback would be that I wish I was encouraged to do it much sooner into becoming a SENCO!

This course should be required study for everyone working with 5-11 year olds - and indeed, all those who have a say in the design of our education system. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to undertake Elklan training and I know that it will have positive ramifications on our whole school approach. Thank you.

Many times a day now I repeat, emphasise and expand his sentences. My quality of questioning has also significantly improved.

I have thoroughly enjoyed this course and found it very beneficial. My knowledge and understanding have increased and I now feel more confident in supporting the development of communication skills . I have made changes to my practice and have seen some great progress in regards to SCL, self confidence and overall independence. (The tutor) was lovely, she made the zoom sessions fun and relaxed but always informative. I felt comfortable sharing ideas and asking questions.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the Elklan course. I am looking forward to attending the SEMH course.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the course, meeting others in similar but different situations (and in schools across the world), sharing knowledge and ideas. Thank you. I now feel much better equipped to tackle the challenges ahead.

I have really enjoyed this course and learning about different strategies to help various learning difficulties. I have only been in the education sector for a few years but this course has given me inspiration to stay within the sector. I am already considering other Elklan courses to do.

The best CPD course I have been on- thank you SO much.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my Elklan course and learned so much from it. I do believe that every member of school teaching staff should complete it. A big thank you to Alison, my tutor for all her support.

Amazing course - so much important knowledge for working with young children with speech and language difficulties. Content was very good - enough but not too much to take in. The language builders broke down the information very well and presented it in an eye catching and simple way.My tutor A was amazing, always offering help and support and provided us with the most interesting webinars that I never wanted to end. Thank you so much for giving us time to share our ideas and experiences and being able to ask for advice and support. I have really enjoyed getting to know A and the others during the webinars. Will be sharing the ideas further in my settings and will highly recommend this course to everyone!

I have really enjoyed attending this ELKLAN course and I have gained so much knowledge regarding children's speech, language and communication. Thank you!

I really enjoyed the interactive webinars as it really helped with completing the learning log and deepened my understanding.

I found the opportunities for self- led learning followed by a tutor led webinar invaluable. Working in this way allowed for focused discussions around specific areas which required more in-depth exploration. The opportunities to share ideas both with colleagues and the tutor led a strong supportive network.

This course is informative and helps to unpick the different difficulties that may be faced by children with speech and language needs, but also how to support them. Many strategies are taught and explained which have enabled the children in my care to make good progress.

This course plays a crucial part in my growth. I now take time to reflect on it and implement changes, leading to continuous improvement in my work.

This course has been of huge benefit, I wish I had done it years ago and our course tutor was amazing, approachable and full of good experience. It should be part of every teacher training course!

I loved every element of this course, it has honestly been so useful and I'm so happy that I can improve my practice and help my children because of it.

I now have a valuable toolkit to assess and better understand a child's speech, language and communication needs and a vast range of strategies to support their development. I have adapted practice in a number of ways already, including reducing the number of questions I ask, using the 10 second rule to allow children time to process the information and respond and am more conscious of the ICWs I use in a sentence or a question.

I believe I have covered so much ground in this 10 week course and it has been an invaluable learning process which has given lots of practical strategies which I was able to test and employ to help pupils and make the new understanding and knowledge an intrinsic part of my practice.

This is by far the best course I have ever attended. Each session was delivered in such a clear and concise way that it was really easy to follow. It has made me feel empowered to deliver language support in school and has provided me with a great skill set moving forward. I can't speak any more highly about this course. I wish every member of staff could do it.

I have benefited from this course by building my skill base and confidence in working with those children who struggle with communication and has made me interested in completing further courses to increase my skills further and I would like to thank all involved for this.

Fantastic Course! It has helped me adjust my teaching with my SEN group. Amazing ideas to assist the children

Amazing course I have learnt not just strategies but the knowledge behind why some children have Speech & Language issues.

Great course and recommend for schools to get on board.

It's been a brilliant and informative course that has helped to better understand information that speech and language therapists have provided and it has enabled me to better support the child I work closely with and shared this with other colleagues throughout the school that may have similar issues with other children.

I have learnt the importance of the overall communication chain of both receptive and expressive language and how to use a variety of strategies to help support all children including those with SLCN

It has been a really helpful course and has already made a huge impact to my daily practice and it has only been 10 weeks!

This will change the way we look at speech, language and communication in our school. It has been invaluable - thank you.

Thank you for such a great course, I continue to grow from strength to strength as well as the pupils. And I must also add my tutor Joanne was phenomenal and patient.

Thank you once again

Week after week I found I was applying each new skill to my practice, making me better at my role and supporting each child with more knowledge and strategies. I particularly liked the ten second rule and I am absolutely amazed at the difference with the response from the children. I have come away with trying not to over scaffold each child or group of children that I work with but will allow some sessions to be more child- led. It is a wonderful feeling coming away from a session, knowing that the child has not only enjoyed their session but has left with a feeling of success. Since learning the barrier game, I have now combined this in many of my auditory and instructional games and just watching the growth and engagement over the previous sessions has been phenomenal. Another great resource I have implemented into my sessions, is one sound at a time, this I have also found to be beneficial allowing the child to become familiar and confident with the sound. Learning at a pace to suit which allows the sound to become embedded with no pressure.

I have used new strategies to support children who have previously struggled to engage in learning. These strategies have empowered individual children to feel more confident and have a better relationship with learning.

I have absolutely loved my course, thank you. I have thoroughly enjoyed the content and I found the e-learning great. The resources were wonderful. My tutor has been really super - supportive and always easy to contact. I even had an IT issue and they were great too! thank you

This was an amazing course, it is a shame that every adult working in education does not study it. My tutor, Gill Clarke, was incredible. She explains everything so well and was so knowledgeable and supportive.

This has been a very interesting course and I would highly recommend for Teachers and SENCOs as well as for TAs.

I found the Elklan course really useful and from the training I am going on to the role of speech and language support for the whole school. Due to covid all the training was online, but I found the webinar meetings that were held every week really helpful. It was nice to talk to other practitioners and hear about their experiences. I would definitely recommend this course to everyone.

Having only recently begun my career in early years education, I have found the information and strategies taught by Elklan invaluable. The course, and materials are well thought through and provide the practitioner with tried and tested strategies that undoubtedly help identify and support children who benefit from interventions. The course has helped to develop me as an effective TA, and am confident in the continued support from Elklan and its tutors.

I just wanted to say how much the Elklan course has helped me in my everyday work. I have taken so many amazing skills away from it and have recommended the course to so many people!

I have really enjoyed taking part in this course and have found it very informative. I am confident that I will now have the knowledge and strategies to help promote children's communication skills within my setting. I am looking forward to sharing the information with my fellow practitioners.

Thanks so much - this has been a really enjoyable learning experience. Not always easy on teams so well done for delivering such an engaging course. We are looking forward to rolling out some of the strategies to our whole school team.

Would totally recommend this course. There was so much information included.

I found it really interesting and useful. I have gained a lot of knowledge which I will be using everyday.

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.

Fantastic course, I have been recommending it to everyone. The Tutor has been fantastic too, always so helpful. Thank you.

My first e-course and I think the interactive slides etc are brilliant. My learners are all very enthusiastic so I think it will be a positive experience for us all.

Before I took this Elklan course, I thought I understood a decent amount of knowledge about speech. I was wrong! Now I have had a lot more understanding of some of the struggles the children I work with face everyday.

I returned to work after my morning session on the course and listened to the children in my class. Most can complete tasks without assistance, but some have needed lots of help. I have adapted the way I talk to the children, using shorter and clearer sentences to avoid confusion on their behalf.

I have used old methods of helping children such as timelines with much more success this time. Mind Maps and Word Snapshot were a favourite to use and I enjoyed it as much as they did!

I hope to use this new knowledge to help me be a better teaching assistant and to help others understand just how difficult ‘talking’ can be.

The course was probably one of the best decisions I've made in my 6 years as a Learning Support Assistant and I am hoping to do another Elklan course over the next academic year.

I have a son with speech problems so I thought I knew a fair bit about speech and language but this course has shown me how little I actually knew! After completing the course I am now able to look at both my own child and the children I work with from a completely different point of view. I know that what I've learnt on the course will change the way I do my job in the future.

The ability to stretch the course out over 10 weeks was really beneficial as it allowed me time to study each subject and to try and put into practice the skills I was developing. The online e-learning element was crucial to my learning process as it allowed me to choose when I studied throughout the week and to replay elements that I was unsure of. My tutor was always available if I had any questions and was very quick to respond (even over weekends and bank holidays!). Although it was sometimes hard work to balance studying with work and home life, it was well worth the effort and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the course to my colleagues - in fact, I already have!

I would just like to say what a comprehensive course this has been - when you think of e-learning it can be a little daunting but each session has been presented in a way which is easy to access and very thorough. The joy of 'looking' at each session was the fact that you could stop at any time, restart and review anything, it was easy to follow. The Wednesday evening webinar sessions with Jo were also very well presented. She is a very good tutor and made all of us feel very comfortable. It was good talking to the others about their practises and settings in relation to what the topic was each week. The portfolio was also easy to follow and very well thought through and Jo was very quick at getting back to me if I had any queries.

Once again well done for such an excellent course, I will definitely recommend it to others and will look at further courses in the future.