Compare Primary Speech & Language Resources and Interventions
Whilst not a separate subject or delivered via a 'scheme', we felt it useful for teachers to see a list of speech and language (SALT) interventions. The packages below have a variety of approaches, and some also overlap with developing oracy in schools. A few of the packages below will come with assessment tools too.
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Time to Talk
Learning Development Aids
Years EYFS - 2
One-off Purchase
This book has been developed to teach and develop oral language and social interaction skills to children aged 4-6. Containing 40 sessions, designed to take place two to three times a week, the book aims to help teachers to develop the "rules" of interaction with the help of the character Ginger the Bear, who features in all the activities. Skills taught include: eye contact; taking turns; sharing; greetings; awareness of feelings; giving; following instructions; listening; paying attention; and play skills [read more].
LanguageScreen
OxEd and Assessment
Years: Reception – Yr 6
Subscription
LanguageScreen is a simple digital assessment, administered in 10-15 minutes by TAs or teachers, to assess children’s speaking and listening skills. LanguageScreen is the very best way to select children for the NELI programme and enables schools to track children’s progress accurately. LanguageScreen can also be used in diagnostic assessment with older children to identify those with language learning disorders.
NELI Whole Class
OxEd and Assessment
Years Reception
Subscription
NELI Whole Class is a companion to the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI). The programme has been developed to be used alongside NELI, delivered by a teacher to the whole class. NELI Whole Class complements and enhances NELI to support you in delivering oral language enrichment to all the children in your class as well as further boost the skills of the children who are receiving intervention.
Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI)
OxEd and Assessment
Years Reception
Annual Subsciption
The Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI), part of the NELI Programme, is an integrated programme for 4-5 year olds, that is proven to improve language and behaviour. The NELI intervention is a 20-week intervention that involves a trained teaching assistant providing small-group and individual sessions to those children who have been identified as having weak oral language skills.
Talk Boost
Speech & Language UK
Years EYFS - 6
One-off Purchase
Talk Boost are targeted interventions for children with delayed language helping to boost their language skills to narrow the gap between them and their peers. Differentiated for children between the ages of 3-10 years, the programme aims to accelerate children’s progress in language and communication by an average of six months, after a nine-week intervention.
Twinkl Speech, Language and Communication
Twinkl
Years EYFS - 6
Annual/Monthly Subscription
Our collection of speech and language therapy language resources support SEN students with their speech, language and communication needs. Use our teacher-created speech and language resources to improve children's language proficiency and practice communication strategies at their own pace and ability level.
WellComm
GL Assessment
Years EYFS - 6
One-off Purchase
The complete speech and language toolkit, from screening to intervention. Both the Early Years and the Primary toolkits enable you to quickly and easily identify children needing support. They’re quick and simple to use (requiring no speech and language expertise), and the traffic light scoring format of the instant reports makes them quick to interpret.
