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Is THIS on your school improvement plan?

Beth Morrant

Oct 25, 20221 min read

Is THIS on your school improvement plan?

Does your school improvement plan include staff development & training in speech & language? It should.

How I'm helping schools (and how I can help yours too) 😇

Beth Morrant

Oct 3, 20222 min read

How I'm helping schools (and how I can help yours too) 😇

I help schools by providing online training and CPD for school staff so that they can identify and support the SEN needs of their pupils.

Beth Morrant

Aug 15, 20221 min read

Do you CHUNK? 🤔

Have you heard of chunking? Do you chunk? It’s a strategy we can use to support children’s language processing and memory skills. Read more

What do memory, processing and retention problems look like?

Beth Morrant

May 18, 20224 min read

What do memory, processing and retention problems look like?

What do memory, processing and retention problems look like in a classroom? How do memory difficulties impact on learning? How can we help?

Top Strategies to Boost Children's Speech & Language Skills

Beth Morrant

Apr 7, 20223 min read

Top Strategies to Boost Children's Speech & Language Skills

Here are my top strategies to help you establish effective management of speech and language needs in your classroom or setting.

Beth Morrant

Mar 1, 20222 min read

The Data is Emerging

The data is starting to emerge around the impacts on children following the pandemic. Recently the Royal College of Speech and Language...

Beth Morrant

Jan 17, 20222 min read

Are you part of the 96 percent?

96% of schools were either "very concerned" or "quite concerned" by the speech & language development of children since the pandemic (EEF)

Beth Morrant

Jan 5, 20223 min read

Data collection tools

There are a range of resources and tools in the Speech and Language Garden that you can use to collect data, monitor progress and show...

Little Speech Sounds can have BIG Impacts

Beth Morrant

Nov 9, 20213 min read

Little Speech Sounds can have BIG Impacts

Speech sound difficulties can have wider impacts on language development and learning.

Beth Morrant

Oct 18, 20212 min read

One Game, Multiple Ways

A quick and easy intervention activity for schools to use with children to support needs and catch up skills.

Beth Morrant

Jul 8, 20213 min read

Top Tips for School Transitions

The last few weeks of the summer term in school are full of excitement. Mostly because the countdown is REAL and many of us have only a...

How schools can support SEN pupils to 'catch-up'

Beth Morrant

Jul 1, 20212 min read

How schools can support SEN pupils to 'catch-up'

Speech & language is going to be a big focus for the 2021-22 academic year. Schools can find information on CPD training and cost savings.

How to Screen a Whole Class or Year Group for Speech, Language and Communication Needs

Beth Morrant

Jun 17, 20212 min read

How to Screen a Whole Class or Year Group for Speech, Language and Communication Needs

I was talking to a lovely SENCo a couple of weeks ago and she asked me “Beth, do you have anything that we could use to screen a whole...

Beth Morrant

May 11, 20212 min read

No-Prep SEND staff meetings

You're scheduled to do the next staff meeting but didn't have time to prepare. Don't worry, just log in and press play.

Beth Morrant

Apr 19, 20213 min read

Why won’t they RETAIN anything?

Teachers can help children who struggle to retain things. CPD training for supporting difficulties with processing and memory in schools.

Beth Morrant

Mar 12, 20213 min read

5 Steps to SLCN success in your school

“there is a significant under-identification of SLCN in schools” The Communication Trust, 2018, Many schools do not have enough support...

How to identify Speech, Language and Communication Needs in your school

Beth Morrant

Feb 22, 20213 min read

How to identify Speech, Language and Communication Needs in your school

I’ve been working as a Speech and Language Therapist in schools for well over a decade and there are lots of expectations for teachers...

Stuttering and Worrying- What's the link?

Beth Morrant

Feb 10, 20214 min read

Stuttering and Worrying- What's the link?

For many stammers, there is a strong link between stammering and anxiety or worrying. Lots of studies have found that anxiety and mental...

Online Speech and Language Training courses

Beth Morrant

Oct 13, 20204 min read

Online Speech and Language Training courses

26 reasons why it's a good idea for your setting

Beth Morrant

Aug 21, 20202 min read

Supporting their return after lockdown

Thinking about the children returning to school for the Autumn term (fingers crossed 🤞), here are some ideas for Teachers and Teaching...

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