Do you have children in your Early Years setting with unclear speech?

Would you like to help them but don't know where to start?

The Speech Sound Screener can be used as an identification and tracking tool for the speech sound development of your child.

You will then know which sounds to work on first and be able to begin playing games to help them.

Available as a digital download, you can use it as many times as you need in your setting, simply print off the record sheet and colouring pages per child.

The screener includes:

• prompt pictures with target sounds for different ages (2, 3, 3.5-4, 5, 6 years)
• a sheet to record responses
• Pages to print (per child) to log by colouring in the sounds that they can produce correctly after using the screener.

You can use this screener to:

• Reassess at 3-6 month intervals
• Illustrate to parents areas of concern i.e. if a child is 4 years but the sections in the 2.5-3 year section have not all been coloured in this can help to indicate need.
• Refer to Speech and Language Therapist, sending the response sheet which will help them to accept referral.

This screener can be used in conjunction with the Speech Sounds Steps to Success course and speech sound resources to support children in your setting with speech sound difficulties.

Watch this video for a look inside the screener: