Partnership in Profile
Author: Charlotte Child
Magazine issue: Summer 06
Page numbers: 8-10
Date: 29 May 2006
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Charlotte Child identifies three barriers to working in partnership with teachers and parents: talking different languages; ‘he can do that at home’; and expectations of speech and language therapy provision. She explains how, over the last 12 years, through experience as a therapist and a mum, she has developed a framework that is enabling her to enjoy a genuine and rewarding partnership with teachers and parents. The Communication Development Profile pulls together information from assessments and everyday observation and gives a visual representation that provides the basis for joint discussion and planning. Development stages are linked to P-Levels, the Qualification Curriculum Authority’s eight levels of early learning and attainment. The Profile also links clearly to the most appropriate style of intervention for the child at that stage, which may well be indirect therapy.
