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Elklan Training

Elklan Training is a renowned organisation with expertise in the field of speech, language and communication training. Elklan delivers courses to teachers, teaching assistants, early years practitioners and parents to give them knowledge and practical strategies to develop children’s speech, language and communication skills. 

 

Elklan has trained over 85,000 educational practitioners through a network of over 4,000 tutors.

Enhancing Language Development and Creating Communication-Friendly Environments

Elklan is delivering training on a global scale with courses in the UK, USA, UAE, Australia, Singapore, and Thailand. We strongly believe in the benefits of our evidenced-based courses. 

 

Effective communication with family, friends and teachers is essential to children’s education and development. Communication is truly at the core of everything we do. Giving children the gift of communication is vitally important to their future.

What is Your Child REALLY Telling You?

Language & Behaviour Strategies for Speech, Language, and Communication Needs

Louise talks to Jill Clark from Elklan Training to understand the critical link between language and behaviour.
This session follows the webinar on DLD (below) and explores how undiagnosed Speech, Language, and Communication Needs (SLCN) manifest as challenging or withdrawn behaviour.

Understanding Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

Are you looking for effective, evidence-based ways to support a child with DLD or other Speech, Language, and Communication Needs (SLCN)? This online session is designed to bridge the gap between diagnosis and everyday practical support.

Patterns of Development - Birth to Four

Children develop at different rates and some will follow a different pathway to learning.
Without others around them it may be challenging to see how your child is progressing.

These guidelines provide some advice – professionals should Interpret the guidance carefully, using their professional judgement; parents should seek advice where necessary.

A group of young boys and girls

Elklan’s Core Offers

Speech and Language Support courses (SLS)

Speech and Language courses will equip staff with practical strategies to support language and communication development. 

Communication Friendly Settings programme (CFS)

Communication Friendly Settings courses facilitate staff to cascade essential knowledge and strategies from the SLS course to the staff within their setting. 

Other training offers

An Introduction to Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity is a term now widely adopted to describe those with differences in their processing, thinking and learning.

 

This session is ideal for those who work with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs and want to be more Neurodiversity aware. You may also want to complete this session if you are an advocate of adopting individualised support.

Training to Empower Practitioners

Equip staff with knowledge and strategies to enhance children’s speech, language and communication skills.

 

Elklan’s training courses have a significant impact on all children. Our range of programmes caters to the needs of Early Years, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools. OCN  accreditation ensures courses are delivered to a high standard and make a difference to schools

Whole School Training: Enhancing Communication School-Wide

early years

Primary

Secondary

Courses for Practitioners

Speech & language support for 3-5s

Speech & Language Support For 5-11s

Speech & Language Support For 11-16s

social, emotional & mental support

Courses for Parents

let's talk with your baby

let's talk with
under 5s

let's talk
with 5-11s

let's talk with
10-14s

Charlie Says..

We are very excited to be working with Louise to spread the success and benefits of Elklan’s Training methods to schools and parents across the Middle East.


Louise’s excellent network will help to establish Elklan in the region and ensure the enhancement of children’s life opportunities.

You are welcome to talk to Louise about Elklan in the first instance

contact Henrietta McLachlan, Director/Co-founder