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Communication with a carer can be the key to overcoming a child's challenging behaviour, say members of the Camden Early Years Intervention Team A pioneering partnership of education and health services has proved effective in meeting the needs of the sizeable proportion of children with emotional-behavioural problems in nursery who also have significant language difficulties.

A pioneering partnership of education and health services has proved effective in meeting the needs of the sizeable proportion of children with emotional-behavioural problems in nursery who also have significant language difficulties.

We have had a speech and language therapist (SLT) in the Early Years Intervention Team (EYIT) since 1999. The post is employed and managed by Camden Education and the Early Years Speech and Language Therapy Service, Islington Primary Care Trust.

A great advantage of this way of working is that the team's SLT has strong links with others in local clinics and can carry over intervention strategies directly into nurseries.

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