Nursery World - Early years workers to train in baby talk

An awareness campaign to encourage parents and early years workers to talk more with children under two is developing training for early years practitioners one year after it started. 'Tune into Babies - Talk Together' was launched by Birmingham City Council's Flying Start early years team and the South Birmingham Sure Start speech and language therapy team.

'Tune into Babies - Talk Together' was launched by Birmingham City Council's Flying Start early years team and the South Birmingham Sure Start speech and language therapy team.

Debbie Hughes, speech and language therapy co-ordinator, said, 'A range of health and education practitioners recognised that parents and carers needed consistent information on how to support their children's communication development, but there was little co-ordination of messages and supporting resources.

'We were increasingly frustrated in giving general advice about talking to children referred at two years old or older that would have been far more effective if they had been referred earlier, as part of a preventative approach.'

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