After completing the 10 week course with Elkan, I have a new found confidence in how to provide the appropriate support for the children in the setting to promote speech, language and communication. I have enjoyed the course and would definitely recommend it to other childcare providers. Thank you.

This course has been such a lovely experience and has expanded my knowledge greatly, I look forward to putting it all into my practice and seeing the changes it makes.

This has honestly been the best training I have ever completed! I have completed many training courses including SENCO and portage training but this has had the biggest impact on my practise. Being able to pass on knowledge to other practitioners and parents has also been so useful and has shown great results. Our tutor has been amazing, guiding us through each week and answering any queries. I would throughly recommend this course to every person working with 3 to 5 year olds as it really is so effective in providing help to children at a time when NHS speech and language wait times can be so long. This gives practitioners the knowledge to help decide if a referral is even needed or provide practical support and guidance to the children and their parents while waiting for professionals. It is also a course that applies to every child in some way which is just invaluable!

Incredibly useful course for Early Years practitioners which really gives you the insight into the development of speech and communication, understanding how to support children and ways to incorporate amendments to practice that makes a big difference.

It has been a really useful course. I have gained much more awareness of how I can support SLCN children in my setting and become more of a communication friendly setting. I have already started applying things I have learnt into my every day activities with the children an I have my list ready for what we can do even better next year!

This course really opened my eyes to speech and language for children and how as a practitioner I can have methods in place to support those that find language and speech more challenging. There are many things from this course that I want to share with my team and implement in the setting over time.

The course is very informative and has lots of great tools to help build a better communication friendly settling. It's nice to hear from other settings during the trainings to gather ideas to support children and what works well/not so well in their settings.

This has been a really worthwhile course for me to help my Nursery class with their communication, I would recommend it to other EYFS staff, thank you!

Completing this course has enabled me to analyse and consider how I support all children in their communication and language development in my setting. It has given me lots of ideas of ways to support children to enable them good progression with their language skills. It has also given me ideas of ways we can assess children and then ensure we are providing opportunities for the children to develop in those areas they are lacking. As a result of completing this course I am ensuring that we have better communication with our families to ensure that the children are being supported at home as well as at school to encourage good communication and language. The videos used could do with being updated as they are very dated and often it is hard to hear the child.

Absolutely love this course and would love to engage on others in the future ! Delivery of the course was fantastic, Hazel clearly has a strong knowledge and is very supportive.

This course has changed the way I am as a Practitioner and I am able to use the skills learned on this course to my everyday work and understanding.

I feel so much more confident in the support I give the children, I give them plenty of time to respond and I am definitely more conscious of the activities I provided and how communication friendly the environment is

I have really enjoyed completing this course and have learnt lots of new strategies to help support children with communication difficulties

Wow, what an incredible course delivered so well by the tutor! She kept me engaged the whole time! Thank you so much!!

The course has been very useful and informative. I would highly recommend it to others.

I really enjoyed every webinar sessions and all the resources were well provided and useful. The course content was easy to understand and the tutor has been very helpful, supportive and delivered the webinars very well.

Completing this course has enabled me to analyse and consider how I support all children in their communication and language development in my setting. It has given me lots of ideas of ways to support children to enable them good progression with their language skills. It has also given me ideas of ways we can assess children and then ensure we are providing opportunities for the children to develop in those areas they are lacking. As a result of completing this course I am ensuring that we have better communication with our families to ensure that the children are being supported at home as well as at school to encourage good communication and language.

We have trained many settings now across Hampshire and have seen fantastic outcomes. Practitioners always say how interesting the course is and how much their knowledge has grown since attending. They have been able to share their knowledge with their teams and the families they work with which in turn has had a huge impact on children's communication development! ELKLAN is a fantastic course which really helps to increase children's outcomes.

I have really enjoyed taking part in this course and have found it very informative. I am confident that I will now have the knowledge and strategies to help promote children's communication skills within my setting. I am looking forward to sharing the information with my fellow practitioners.

Such a great course with helpful and relevant information. My tutor was brilliant with leading conversation and was very supportive and encouraging throughout. I will miss our weekly meetings! I really enjoyed the course and got so much from it!

This course has been absolutely amazing. The content, the rescource materials the e-learning sessions have all been to an exceptional standard. The knowledge of my tutor is unparalleled and it has been a pleasure to have her teach me. She is so passionate about what she does and has so much empathy for her students working under difficult circumstances. I could listen to her speak for hours!

I have learnt so many strategies and understand so much more about the needs of children than I ever did before. More importantly, I have been given the tools to assess and checklists to carry out much needed evaluations to enable me to chart the progress of my own learning and that of the children I support. Thank you very much

Having worked in childcare for around 30 years i feel that i may have become complacent with my practice and felt that i knew everything about children and child development. This course has re-opened my eyes and made me re-think about my practice and the children that i support at nursery. I have questioned myself so many times since starting this course, 'when im speaking to children, do i give them time?' 'do i use too many words, are my sentences too complex?' 'do i use enough vocabulary?' 'understanding what it actually takes for a child to process what is being said to them and the processes it takes for them to respond'. I have taken a big step back and started to put this new found knowledge into practice, and have been relaying the knowledge to my staff team, enabling a whole staff approach. I have been questioning other staff members and asking them to think about how and why children are responding, what barriers do we have to remove or change to help children with communication as a whole. Exciting times!

Such a great course with helpful and relevant information. Beth was brilliant with leading conversation and was very supportive and encouraging throughout. I will miss our weekly meetings!

This course has been absolutely amazing. The content, the rescource materials the e-learning sessions have all been to an exceptional standard. The knowledge of my tutor is unparalleled and it has been a pleasure to have her teach me. She is so passionate about what she does and has so much empathy for her students working under difficult circumstances. I could listen to her speak for hours!

I have learnt so many strategies and understand so much more about the needs of children than I ever did before. More importantly, I have been given the tools to assess and checklists to carry out much needed evaluations to enable me to chart the progress of my own learning and that of the children I support. Thank you very much! Louise

Wonderful, thorough course. Explanations were simple to understand and effective in practice. Liz was a great facilitator who allowed for seamless sharing of ideas and opinions. I would highly recommend this course to those in the early years setting

I have spent some time exploring the e-learning modules for the 3-5s course. I love the feel of the learning and that it is genuinely interactive, reflective and high quality. I have done e-learning before but it really was glorified PowerPoints only. These modules inspired me to keep reading and looking (even though I have delivered the content of the course for years).

It was great for me to compare the delivery and style of course. It worked well and I thought the e-learning sessions were very good and clear. I liked the fact that it was interactive and challenged the delegates to think. As a tutor it was easy to follow and run the course.

This course is excellent! I have a first class degree in the study of language but I have learnt so much during the 10 weeks. I think this training should be part of every early years practitioner's training.

Everything that I learned on the course has helped me in my day to day practice as well as helping my colleagues.

The Elklan course was very good and so valuable for the nursery staff.

I found it covered all day to day difficulties in children's language. This has now given me a better understanding.

I think, of all the courses I've done in Early Years, this is the most useful. A SLT came this week, to see a child at the nursery and started to explain ICW's as one of the targets. I just had to say, "It's OK, I've done my Elklan," and she knew she would be understood!

I think of all the courses I've done in Early Years, this is the most useful. A SLT came this week to see a child at the nursery and started to explain ICWs as one of the targets. I just had to say "It's OK, I've done my Elklan," and she knew she would be understood!