School praised for speech therapy services
Monday 11th May 2009
A school has received praised for the standards of communication services it provides to pupils with disabilities.
Fiveways school, which is located in Yeovil, was recently awarded an I CAN Primary Talk accreditation, This is Somerset reports.
I CAN is a charity that works to foster the development of speech, language and communication skills among all youngsters, but with particular emphasis on those who find it difficult.
Its Primary Talk accreditation is designed to help educators create environments and training packages that bring on language abilities.
Fiveways School achieved an overall score of 98 per cent from the organisation.
Head teacher Mark Collis said: "We now benefit from the support of a very experienced speech and language therapist and her assistant to support communication programmes and training throughout the school."
According to I CAN, 1.2 million - or one in ten - children in the UK have speech, language and communication needs.
Written by Angela Newbury
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