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WellComm

WellComm offers available

The opportunity to purchase WellComm Toolkits at a subsidised rate, via Early Talk for York, has now ended. However, there remains lots of ongoing support and training in relation to WellComm.

This training is suitable for all those new to using the WellComm Toolkit. It may be that your team have recently started using the Toolkit or that you have new or returning members of the team who would benefit from training. Training sessions are available directly from the Speech and Language Therapists and are open to as many staff as is useful for all those providers interested in using WellComm.

To book email: [email protected]

Please note: these sessions will be taking place online.

 Current training dates:

  • Monday 10 March 2025, 4.00pm to 5.00pm
  • Tuesday 13 May 2025, 12.00pm to 1.00pm

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Are you currently using a WellComm toolkit in your setting and want to link with others who are also using it?

If so, our Specialist Speech and Language Therapists for Early Talk for York will be leading a series of online WellComm Workshops, with support from members of the Speech, Language and Communication Hub and we’d love you to join us.

The workshops provide advice and training around how to use activities and ideas from the ‘Big Book of Ideas’, as well as how to embed strategies into everyday practice. There will also be opportunities for those attending to share their own experience and ideas from using the WellComm toolkit, and to bring any questions to the group.

The online workshops will take place on the following dates, feel free to attend as many as you would like:

  • Embedding Wellcomm into Everyday practice, Thursday 23 January 2025, 4.00pm to 5.00pm
  • Using the Wellcomm toolkit with children with SEND, Thursday 13 February 2025, midday to 1.00pm
  • Supporting Children with EAL with the Early Talk for York Approach, Monday 31 March 2025, 4.00pm to 5.00pm
  • Wellcomm and working with parents, Thursday 12 June 2025, midday to 1.00pm
  • Wellcomm workshop– Evaluating progress and looking ahead, Thursday 3 July 2025, 4.00pm to 5.00pm

These interactive workshops will explore how you can support children’s language and communication development in your school or setting using identified themes and outcomes from your WellComm screens.

As always there will be opportunities to share your ideas and hear top tips from other schools/settings.

If you're interested in joining us for the series of workshops email: [email protected].

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The independent evaluation of WellComm in York, completed by the University of York in 2023, highlighted a number of areas that practitioners reported wanting further support with. For each of these areas we have developed some ‘How to’ guides which share best practice and learning from across the city. We've also developed case study exemplification for each area using practitioners working in York to share their great practice:

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If you're a childminder wanting access to use of the WellComm Toolkit, we operate a free lending service via the city’s libraries and options from local schools and settings. Childminders are warmly welcomed at all of our training.

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If you're a working in an out of school club and are wanting access to use of the WellComm Toolkit, we operate a free lending service via the city’s libraries and options from local schools and settings. Out of school club staff are warmly welcomed at all of our training.

We encourage you to work with your local schools to understand both individual and cohort needs identified and consider your practice and provision in how you might support and respond to these.

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