WELCOMM
Book A VisitKiddy Academy utilises the Wellcomm speech and language toolkit to ensure ‘Early Intervention’ and support is identified and implemented as part of our monitoring of progress for all children’s holistic development.
What is Wellcomm? It’s a Speech and Language Screening Toolkit
WellComm is a tookit designed to help early years settings identify children from six months to six years old who might be experiencing delays with speech and language. It can then help put immediate interventions into place, while waiting for a more formal assessment.
How we use Wellcomm? An early start…..
All children are screened to establish a baseline. Usually this happens about two weeks after they have started but there are some exceptions. We wouldn’t screen a child who was very unsettled, for example.
WellComm operates a simple traffic light system of banding children in one of three categories. Green means no intervention is currently required, amber means extra support and intervention and red means consider referral to a specialist service for further advice and give extra support and intervention. After assessment, we put in place immediate interventions for those who don’t achieve the green band. We look at the results to see areas where there are groups of children who need to work on the same targets.
Impact of WellComm
We link support for individual children needs to an ‘’Individual Play Plan’ which is developed and implemented by the child’s key person and monitored by the Leadership team and SENDCO.
- Helps to quickly identify two, three and four year olds with speech and language development issues
- Traffic light system means it is easy to spot where children are struggling and monitor progress
- Shows ways of developing the curriculum to support speech, language and communication in a meaningful way through an increased awareness of children’s needs.
- Evidence based assessment which supports referrals to speech therapy services and enhances language programmes in place for children with speech, language and communication difficulties
To visit the official WELCOMM website – https://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/assessments/products/wellcomm/
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