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1. Help Kids Talk project

Help Kids Talk is a project that supports speech, language, and communication development for children and young people 0-18 years old. It is a partnership approach with Early Intervention Lisburn and the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust as lead partners. Our vision is that everyone in our community will work together to Help Kids Talk, whether that be a parent, carer, family member, childminder or organisation that provides services for children.
 
The Help Kids Talk project, has 2 approaches:
 
1. Universal approach: available regionally for anyone with a responsibility for children 0-6 years of age including staff/parents/carers/extended family members.
 
  • Key Messages are delivered every month through Facebook, IG & Twitter as guidance to parents, caregivers and those working with children to support children’s communication development
  • Basic Awareness online training (50 minutes) aims to increase awareness of speech, language and communication for everyone who has any responsibility for a child.
  • Level 1 Training (2 hours) - Developmental milestones in Speech, Language and Communication and Strategies to support children. Available to those who have completed the Basic Awareness Training. This training aims to provide information about children’s speech, language, and communication milestones, and promote strategies to support children’s development in this area.
 
2. Targeted approach:
 
  • The Early Talk Boost programme is an intervention for children at foundation stage which improves their attention and listening, their understanding of words and sentences, and their speaking and communication. 
  • The Talk Boost programme is aimed at supporting children at Key Stage 1 and can boost children’s ability in conversations, sentences, storytelling, and social interaction by an average of 9 - 18 months.
  • Talk for Work is a programme for 14–18-year-olds with poor communication skills and supports their development to be ready for the workplace.

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