Communication Consequences 2007
Work Together to Get Talking 2006
Television is here to stay 2004
Communication Consequences conference report
In November 2007 Talk To Your Baby held
Communication Consequences, a reflective conference which considered that
strong early communication skills are vital
- not least as a prerequisite for social inclusion. Speakers reflected on recent academic thinking and considered the wider picture, providing the arguments to make the case for more early communication work. Practical multi-agency initiatives from around the country also featured. Speakers included:
- Leslie Gutman, Centre for the Wider benefits of Learning,
- Professor Peter Hobson, psychologist, author 'Cradle of Thought'
- Ann Rowe from the Health Led-Parenting Support Projects (Family Nurse Partnership project)
- Rita Wiseman, head of Integrated Services, Early Years and Families in Sandwell
- Janet Cooper, community speech and language therapist and director, Stoke Speaks Out
- Lesley Staggs, former Foundation Stage director and consultant in Tower Hamlets
- Megan Jones, Clinical psychologist
- Liz Attenborough, Talk To Your Baby
The
Communication Consequences conference report summarises the key points from the presentations and can be downloaded below.
Communication Consequences conference report
Appendix: Speaker biographies
Working Together to Get Talking
conference report
In October 2006 Talk To Your Baby held its
Working
Together to Get Talking showcase conference. The
event was designed to bring together some of the most interesting
multi-agency early years communications initiatives from
around the country. The local initiatives presented were:
- Stoke on Trent: Stoke Speaks Out
- Barking and Dagenham: Language and Thinking
- Birmingham: Tune into Babies - Talk Together
- Manchester: Quality Foundation for Future Success
- East Brighton: Baby Talk/Toddler Talk
- Plymouth: It's Good to Talk
- Gateshead: Baby Bites/Chatterkids
There were also presentations from Lesley Staggs, former
Foundation Stage Director and TTYB Advisory Group member,
and Professor Nigel Hall, Manchester Metropolitan University,
in addition to a programme of early communications workshops.
The Working Together to Get Talking
conference report summarises the key points from the presentations
and can be downloaded below.
Working Together to Get Talking
conference report
Appendix: Speaker biographies
Appendix: Workshop presenters'
biographies
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