Being able to support young children's progress in speech and language is a strong focus for all those settings providing the free entitlement for two-year-olds. In line with this, a Level 3 Award launched last October is gathering momentum and helping practitioners to gain vital skills.
Supporting Children and Young People's Speech, Language and Communication has been designed by the Communication Trust and is a City & Guilds Level 3 Award qualification, which sits on the QCF. Anne Fox, director of the Communication Trust, says the content reflects Cathy Nutbrown's recommendations. 'In her final report she gave a strong recommendation for the workforce to be trained to Level 3 and be able to support children's communication development. This qualification is very much a solution to that requirement.'
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