The training aims to develop the use of adult-child interaction to boost the speech language and communication skills of children, improve staff observation, and involve parents in home learning.
The project is the brainchild of Iris Speaks, a team of tech entrepreneurs and speech and language therapists, which has been awarded £50,000 to develop a mobile app.
Called Sparkle VR, the app will provide training in five-minute chunks, with interactive features such as quizzes, games, podcasts, plus written and video content.
The team of speech and language therapists who are writing the training are looking for early years staff to help make it relevant as part of a development phase which will involve two workshops in November and March. They then want the staff to use the app in a pilot phase which runs from March to August 2019.
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