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Essex Families - Speech, Language, and Communication

We'd love to hear families’ experiences of supporting your young children in learning to talk. In Essex, we are committed to understanding what is working well and what could be improved. We have already gathered feedback from early years settings, the Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service, and Speech and Language Therapists-and now we would like to hear your views too, Whether your child is chatting easily, or has some level of difficulty in learning to talk, please take a few minutes to complete this short survey so we can better our support for young children and their families.
1.How old is your child / are your children? Tick all that apply
2.Please type in the first 4 letters / numbers from your postcode
3.How would you describe your child(ren) regarding learning to talk /
understand words and sentences?
4.How confident do you feel about supporting your child(ren) to develop good talking and understanding skills (speech, language and communication) at home?
5.Where do you get advice or support about your child’s communication development / where do you go if you are concerned? Tick all that apply
6.If your child goes to nursery / childminder / family hub, how confident do you feel in the staff’s abilities to support communication development and spot any difficulties
7.Has anyone talked to you about the level of your child(ren)’s speech,
language and communication development (tick all that apply)?
8.How well do the different services you’ve used (health visitors, early years settings, Family Hubs, schools) seem to work together?
9.What barriers, if any, make it harder for you to access support or services? Tick all that apply
10.What would make it easier for your family to get support with your child’s speech, language or communication?