KS2+ Archives - Resource Library - Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

This series of videos explains why we use shapes and colours to support children’s spoken language and literacy development in the Speech and Language Therapy Service in Sheffield. The videos below demonstrate how to use the Sheffield shapes and colours system and have been created by Jaime...

Many young people with communication difficulties have difficulty understanding, learning and recalling vocabulary. These young people need explicit teaching of words and strategies to understand and recall words in conversations and when in education or employment. This applies to everyday,...

Many young people with communication difficulties have difficulty explaining their ideas or retelling a sequence of events, for example, what happened at lunchtime. These young people need adult support to communicate their ideas in conversations, and to develop strategies to support their ability...

Many young people with social communication differences have difficulty understanding and interpreting body language, facial expressions, gesture and tone of voice. They also have difficulty understanding what others may be thinking or feeling, and understanding non-literal language that is reliant...

Planning and organising involves using language ‘internally’ through self-talk to: talk through the steps, for example, ‘first … then… last…’ work out what is needed for the day or week using conditional language, for example, ‘if it’s Monday then I need my PE kit’ understand...

Many young people with communication difficulties have difficulty understanding spoken language. These young people need adult support to understand in conversations, and to develop strategies to support their understanding when socialising, and when in education or employment. Visual support Seat...

Strategies for developing comprehension monitoring Many young people with comprehension difficulties do not recognise that they do not understand, which result in misunderstandings and is a barrier to learning. Other young people may not have the confidence or be too embarrassed to ask. This can...