Communication is everyone's business | Teacher Network Blog | Guardian Professional

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In response to the government's SEN progress report, Wendy Leeargues recognition and understanding of children's speech, language and communication needs must improve

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An astonishing one million children and young people struggle to communicate. Without special help this can blight their education and have a hugely negative impact on their adult lives. Photograph: www.alamy.com

Few people are aware of the fact that over one million children and young people in the UK have some form of speech, language and communication need (SLCN) and numbers are growing; over the last five years, there has been a 58% increase in the number of children and young people with SLCN as a special educational need.