Transcript 1.30 Speech, Language and Communication * Policy and
Let’s change the World!
Speech, Language and Communication in Policy and Legislation
Kim Hartley, RCSLT Scotland Officer [email protected]
0131-226-5250
Speech, Language and Communication Development – why does it matter?
Optimising Speech, Language and Communication Development and the SLT role
3. Specialist Action 6%, 2 – 3 / classroom 2. Targeted Action Up to 50% 1. Universal Action 100%
Ever tried to herd cats?
Speech, Language and Communication – There it is again!
• • • • • • • • UN Convention on Rights of the Child The “SHANARRI” outcomes “Getting it Right for Every Child” (GIRFEC) Early Years Framework AHP National Delivery Plan Curriculum for Excellence Common Core Skills alludes to speech, language and communication capacity Literacy Action Plan
BUT NO STRATEGY
Change happens
Change is possible – I’ve seen it!
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RCSLT
• • Submission on CYP Bill Seminars for MSPs Correspondence with Ministers, meetings with Scot. Govt. leads
RCSLT, Barnardo’s Scotland, Children First, Children in Scotland, Aberlour Trust, Parenting across Scotland –
• Amendments to CYP Bill
Ministerial commitment to Statutory Guidance on Speech, Language and Communication provision
What is statutory guidance?
1. Act
The Law
2. Regulations
Detailed instructions on how law must be applied – “No choice”
3. Statutory Guidance
Detailed guidance with a legal status on how law must be applied – “It’s expected you will do this”
4. Practice Guidance, protocols
Guidance and procedures (more flexible, with no “legal status”) designed to help agencies, at a local level, comply with regulations and statutory guidance
Journey
SLC in Statutory Guidance Where has it got to?
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Proposal for the development of guidance to support the GIRFEC provisions in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0044/00448228.pdf
RCSLT Meetings and Briefings for Scottish Govt. Leads Draft statutory guidance – out for consultation around Autumn 2015 Statutory Guidance in place around first half of
2015
Help Change Happen
• What’s do you want to see - from planning board tables to schools and classrooms - in
relation to identification, assessment and provision for children with SLC needs in GME?
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What wording would need to be in statutory guidance to make that change happen?