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Issue 7.1

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Child File: Addressing Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

Chair of the National Association of Professionals concerned with Language Impairment in Children (NAPLIC) dispels some myths about Developmental Language Disorder.

  • 4 Dec 2018
  • 24mins
  • Stephen Parsons
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Getting Off to a Flying Start

Michelle Doyle Wildman from Parentkind gives her take on achieving a successful transition by focusing on the parents, as well as the child.

  • 4 Dec 2018
  • 24mins
  • Michelle Doyle Wildman
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Closing the Literacy Gap with Early Years Music

Auditory skills are crucial to the development of literacy in young children. Sue Newman shows how a new training programme is showing parents and teachers how to bring music to every day activities for vulnerable young people.

  • 4 Dec 2018
  • 24mins
  • Sue Newman
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Reducing the Impact of Trauma for Looked After Children

The single most common factor for children who develop resilience is having at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive parent, caregiver, or other adult. Tony Clifford explains how teachers can use attachment theory to help Looked After Children cope with the stress of their experience.

  • 4 Dec 2018
  • 24mins
  • Tony Clifford
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Imagining the Closing of the Gap

The latest metrics show that many gaps remain in the education system. Sam Butters from the Fair Education Alliance asks what it would take to really create a fair education system.

  • 4 Dec 2018
  • 24mins
  • Sam Butters
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Developing Resilience with Emotion Coaching

Helping children understand and reframe difficult emotions can go a long way to building resilience and countering unwanted behaviours. Janet Rose and Louise Gilbert share a powerful technique for helping both young people and adults improve their emotional intelligence.

  • 4 Dec 2018
  • 24mins
  • Janet Rose, Louise Gilbert
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How much tolerance is there in our system?

Georgina Newton calls for an ethos of inclusion and tolerance in our education system.

  • 4 Dec 2018
  • 24mins
  • Georgina Newton
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Embracing Inclusion

James Bowen, Director of NAHT Edge, calls for a return to inclusion.

  • 4 Dec 2018
  • 24mins
  • James Bowen
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Education for Everyone

Whether you are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic or have another disability that makes you unable to read standard print, Calibre Audio Library brings the joy of audio books to everyone.

  • 4 Dec 2018
  • 24mins
  • TeachingTimes
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Raising aspirations through empowerment and leadership

Joan Deslandes, OBE, shows how Kingsford Community School is helping children from deprived backgrounds reach for the top, achieving the distinction of becoming a Centre of Excellence for their approach to inclusivity.

  • 4 Dec 2018
  • 24mins
  • Joan Deslandes OBE