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Communication offer for young people - 16 to 25
Last Modified May 17, 2023
All children and young people are entitled to
- Teaching approaches appropriate to meet the needs of all young people including those with speech, language and communication needs
- Lecturers who are aware of typically developing speech, language and communication and the affect a delayed or disordered development can have on learning
- Lecturers who are aware of their own communication and are able to create a language rich environment, which provides language learning opportunities and interactions
- In order to ensure smooth transition arrangements post-16 providers will acknowledge communication needs to ensure young people are in education, employment or training
- Access to a GP
- Access to a school setting or professional that can refer to Speech and Language Therapy while up to age 18
Some children and young people may need
- Identification of an emerging speech, language and communication need impacting on the levels of learning required by their study programmes
- To continue and develop strategies provided by the school speech and language therapist via transition processes
- Person-centred approaches to meeting identified needs
- Access to appropriate school based interventions to provide a boost to language learning delivered by appropriately trained members of staff, for example Bricks for Autism therapy, colourful semantics etc
A few children and young people may need
- Access to the Adult Learning Disability Team
- Identified members of staff who can support speech and language programmes in the setting (if required) following the advice and guidance of the speech and language therapist
- Advice about alternative, augmentative communication (AAC) available through Highfurlong Communication Aids and Assistive Technology (CAAT) Team.
- Involvement of SEND Advisory Teacher around complex speech, language and communication needs / social communication difficulties.