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Speech, language and communication

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  2. Children and families
  3. Speech and language development
  4. Speech, language and communication

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  1. Speech, language and communication
  2. About speech, language and communication
  3. Support offer
  4. Training resources for speech, language and communication
  5. Speech, language and communication referral pathways
  6. Local support and guidance
  7. National support and guidance
  8. Parent and carer support for children's communication development
  9. Books and stories to share together
  10. You are here: Your questions answered

Your questions answered

Speech and language development
  • Screen time for babies and toddlers: how much?
  • Is it alright to give my baby a dummy?
  • My child is shy. The Nursery staff say she hardly talks at all, although she chatters away at home
  • No one outside the family can understand my child's speech
  • My 3 year old doesn't listen. When I ask her to do something she ignores me
  • My child only uses single words to communicate. How can I encourage her to link words together to make small phrases?
  • My three year old gets really frustrated when we play together and he ends up throwing things at me
  • I’ve been advised to use gestures and signs with my two and half year old. Won’t this make him lazy and less able to talk?
  • My child sometimes says words incorrectly. Should I correct them or ignore it?
  • My child only points to things, he doesn`t ever ask for things by name. What should I do?
  • Why is it good to be bi-lingual?
  • How can we support a child from another country who has just joined our setting?
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