Practical Principles to Help Speech, Language and Communication (with little to no prep)

This 60-minute course equips early years professionals with practical, no-prep strategies to support speech, language, and communication development.

Led by speech therapist Bryony Rust, it covers communication, language, and speech through three concise modules. Learn to recognise various forms of communication, support vocabulary development, and encourage clear articulation using playful techniques. Designed for busy practitioners, all strategies integrate easily into daily routines.
· August 21, 2024
Get the Practical Principles to Help Speech, Language & Communication Masterclass for just £40 (approx $52 USD, $78 AUD)

Empower Every Child to Speak, Share, and Shine: Your 60-Minute Roadmap to Communication Success

In just 60 minutes, you’ll gain practical tools to boost children’s communication skills—without adding to your already packed schedule. Discover how to weave effective strategies into your daily routine, starting tomorrow

As an early years professional, you’re committed to nurturing every child’s potential. Yet, supporting speech, language, and communication development can feel like an uphill battle. With limited time and resources, you face numerous challenges that can impact the quality of support you provide.

  • Managing a diverse group of children at various stages of language development
  • Identifying potential speech and language difficulties amidst typical variations
  • Balancing individual needs within a busy classroom environment
  • Integrating children with communication challenges into group activities
  • Supporting multilingual learners effectively
  • Addressing behavioural issues stemming from communication frustrations
  • Collaborating with parents to ensure consistent support at home
  • Keeping up with current, evidence-based practices amidst a hectic schedule
  • Creating engaging, language-rich environments without extensive preparation

These challenges can leave you feeling overwhelmed and unsure if you’re truly meeting each child’s needs. Children may struggle to express themselves, participate fully in activities, or develop crucial social skills. This can lead to reduced confidence, potential behavioural issues, and gaps in school readiness.

But what if there was a way to overcome these hurdles without adding hours to your workday?

Our course, “Practical Principles to Help Speech, Language and Communication (with little to no prep),” offers just that. In just 60 minutes, you’ll gain practical, easily implementable strategies to support children’s communication development effectively.

Designed specifically for busy early years professionals like you, this course provides the tools you need to make a real difference in your setting—starting immediately.

Led by Bryony Rust, a seasoned speech and language therapist specialising in early years, this course provides:

  • A fresh perspective on supporting speech, language, and communication
  • Practical strategies you can implement immediately, with minimal preparation
  • Techniques to create a language-rich environment that benefits all children
  • Methods to integrate support into your existing routines and activities
  • Insights into identifying and addressing potential communication difficulties
  • Approaches to boost children’s confidence in expressing themselves

The course is divided into three focused modules:

  1. Communication: Learn to foster meaningful interactions and create opportunities for children to express themselves.
  2. Language: Discover techniques to expand vocabulary and support sentence building in a natural, playful manner.
  3. Speech: Gain strategies to support clear articulation and build children’s confidence in speaking.

Each module offers concrete, actionable advice that you can apply immediately in your setting. You’ll learn to use gestures, visual aids, and everyday objects to support language development without the need for extensive preparation or additional resources.

By the end of this course, you’ll have a toolkit of practical strategies to enhance your practice, support every child’s communication journey, and create a more inclusive, expressive environment in your early years setting.

Key Benefits of the Masterclass:

Enhance Your Observation Skills:
  • Learn to spot subtle communication cues from children
  • Identify potential speech and language difficulties early
  • Recognise and respond to non-verbal communication effectively
Master Practical, No-Prep Strategies:
  • Discover techniques to support language development using everyday objects
  • Learn to incorporate gestures and visual aids into your daily interactions
  • Gain skills to create language-rich environments with minimal preparation
Boost Your Confidence in Supporting All Children:
  • Acquire methods to engage children at various stages of language development
  • Learn approaches to include children with communication challenges in group activities
  • Develop strategies to support multilingual learners effectively
Improve Your Ability to Foster Expressive Communication:
  • Learn techniques to encourage children to express themselves more freely
  • Discover ways to build children’s confidence in using language
  • Gain skills to support clear articulation through playful activities
Enhance Your Professional Practice:
  • Learn to integrate evidence-based strategies into your daily routine
  • Develop skills to collaborate more effectively with parents and colleagues
  • Gain a deeper understanding of speech and language development processes

These key benefits are designed to equip you with practical skills and knowledge that you can apply immediately in your early years setting, enhancing your ability to support every child’s communication journey.

Get the Practical Principles to Help Speech, Language & Communication Masterclass for just £40 (approx $52 USD, $78 AUD)

About Your Instructor: Bryony Rust

Meet Bryony Rust, your expert guide on this journey to enhance speech, language, and communication support in early years settings.

With over 14 years of experience as a Speech and Language Therapist, Bryony brings a wealth of knowledge and practical insights to this course. Her unique approach combines clinical expertise with a playful, creative style that resonates with both children and professionals.

Bryony’s professional background includes:

Bryony Rust
  • Specialisation in supporting children under 7, with particular expertise in autism spectrum disorders
  • Extensive experience working in schools, clinics, and children’s centres
  • A focus on play-based learning and naturalistic communication strategies
  • Development of online workshops and parent coaching programmes
  • Active contribution to the field through writing and vlogging about early communication skills

Bryony’s passion for early years communication shines through in her work. She understands the challenges you face daily in supporting diverse groups of children. Her approach emphasises practical, easily implementable strategies that fit seamlessly into your existing routines. By blending clinical knowledge with real-world experience, Bryony offers solutions that are both evidence-based and practical.

What sets Bryony apart is her commitment to making communication support joyful and accessible. She believes in the power of play and creativity to unlock children’s potential. This course distils her years of experience into concise, actionable advice that you can apply immediately in your setting. With Bryony as your instructor, you’ll gain not just knowledge, but also the confidence to apply these strategies effectively, enhancing your ability to support every child’s communication journey.


Course Overview: Practical Principles to Help Speech, Language and Communication (with little to no prep)

This comprehensive course is designed to be completed in just 60 minutes, divided into three focused modules. Each module lasts approximately 20 minutes, offering a concise yet thorough exploration of key aspects of speech, language, and communication support.

Module 1: Communication

  • Understand the foundations of effective communication in early years settings
  • Learn to recognise and respond to various forms of communication, including non-verbal cues
  • Discover strategies to create more opportunities for meaningful interactions
  • Gain techniques to foster engagement and attention in diverse group settings

Key outcomes: You’ll be equipped to create a more responsive, communication-rich environment that encourages all children to express themselves.

Module 2: Language

  • Explore practical methods to support vocabulary development and sentence building
  • Learn to use visual aids, gestures, and everyday objects to enhance language learning
  • Discover techniques to make language input more accessible and engaging
  • Gain strategies to support multilingual learners effectively

Key outcomes: You’ll have a toolkit of easy-to-implement strategies to boost language development across your setting, catering to children at various stages.

Module 3: Speech

  • Understand the basics of speech sound development
  • Learn playful techniques to support clear articulation
  • Discover methods to build children’s confidence in speaking
  • Gain insights into identifying potential speech difficulties

Key outcomes: You’ll feel more confident in supporting speech development and know when and how to encourage clearer articulation.

On completion, you’ll receive a certificate for 90 minutes of professional development, acknowledging the additional time for reflection and implementation planning.

This course structure ensures that you can gain valuable, practical knowledge in a time-efficient manner, with strategies you can start applying in your setting immediately after each module.

Get the Practical Principles to Help Speech, Language & Communication Masterclass for just £40 (approx $52 USD, $78 AUD)

What Sets This Course Apart:

Practical Principles to Help Speech, Language and Communication (with little to no prep) stands out for its unique blend of efficiency, practicality, and immediate applicability. Here’s why this course is different:

  • Designed for Real-World Application: Unlike theoretical courses, every strategy taught can be implemented in your setting straight away, with no additional resources required.
  • Time-Efficient Learning: In just 60 minutes, you’ll gain a wealth of practical knowledge that would typically require hours of training or research.
  • Focus on No-Prep Strategies: Recognising the time constraints you face, all techniques are designed to integrate seamlessly into your existing routines without extensive preparation.
  • Holistic Approach: By covering communication, language, and speech in one concise course, you’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of how to support children’s overall communication development.
  • Expert Insights, Accessible Format: Benefit from Bryony Rust’s extensive experience in a format that’s easy to digest and apply, regardless of your prior knowledge level.
  • Emphasis on Playful Learning: Learn how to make communication support enjoyable for both you and the children, enhancing engagement and effectiveness.
  • Adaptable Techniques: The strategies taught are flexible, allowing you to adapt them to suit children at various developmental stages and with diverse needs.

This course offers a unique opportunity to enhance your practice efficiently, providing you with practical tools to support every child’s communication journey, without adding to your workload. It’s not just about learning new techniques; it’s about transforming your daily interactions to create a more communicative, inclusive environment for all children in your care.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: I’m very busy. Will I really be able to implement these strategies without extra preparation?

A: Absolutely. This course is specifically designed for busy professionals. All strategies can be integrated into your existing routines with minimal to no additional preparation.

Q: I work with children who have diverse needs. Will this course be relevant for all of them?

A: Yes. The techniques taught are adaptable and can be tailored to support children at various developmental stages, including those with special educational needs and multilingual learners.

Q: I’m not a speech and language specialist. Will I be able to understand and apply the content?

A: Certainly. The course is designed to be accessible to all early years professionals, regardless of their background in speech and language. Complex concepts are explained in clear, practical terms.

Q: How long do I have access to the course materials?

A: You’ll have lifetime access to the course content, allowing you to revisit the material whenever you need a refresher.

Q: Can this course replace the need for a speech and language therapist?

A: This course enhances your ability to support communication development, but it doesn’t replace the need for specialist intervention when required. It will, however, help you identify when additional support might be necessary.

Q: I’ve attended other communication courses before. How is this one different?

A: This course uniquely focuses on practical, immediately applicable strategies that require little to no preparation. It’s designed to fit into your busy schedule and existing routines.

Q: Will I receive a certificate upon completion?

A: Yes, you’ll receive a certificate for 90 minutes of professional development upon course completion, which includes time for reflection and implementation planning.

Q: Is there any support available if I have questions?

A: Yes, as with all our products you can contact us at any time via email or our chat feature and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can – usually within 24 hours and often much faster.

Q: Can I share the course materials with my colleagues?

A: Your course access is for individual use only. However, we offer group discounts if you’d like to enrol multiple team members. Just contact us via email or the website chat feature.

If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us using the chat feature or email and we’ll get back to you straight away.

Empower Every Child’s Voice – Enrol Now!

Imagine a setting where every child feels heard, understood, and confident in expressing themselves. This course offers you the practical tools to make that vision a reality. By enrolling, you’ll gain:

  • Time-efficient strategies to support speech, language, and communication
  • Confidence in addressing diverse communication needs
  • Skills to create a more inclusive, expressive environment
  • Techniques to boost children’s language development and social skills

Your enhanced abilities will have a lasting impact on the children in your care, setting them up for success in their future learning and social interactions.

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