Family Support
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The family support strand of the Balanced System is about helping parents, carers and families be confident and well informed to support their child's development of understanding, talking and communication and to find out more if they are worried about any of these areas.
You will find information, advice, guidance and support that you can direct families towards to help them feel more confident that they know how to encourage their child's development of understanding, talking and communicating. Family Support resources will include leaflets, videos, information sessions that you can signpost to, as well as pointers to useful websites and even TV programmes that have been specially produced. If they are worried about how their child is developing these skills and want more detailed information they will be able to find it here as well and you may also want to go to suggest the identification or workforce strands for local contact information.
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Tiny Happy People SEND information
This area of the Tiny Happy People BBC website provides a wide range of information, ideas and activities for parents of babies with SEND.
Cost: Free


Using visual support
Parents play a key role in supporting their babies language and communication skills in everyday life. Children learn about the world through their experiences and interests particularly within their play. Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust provide information and opportunities for families learn more about developing speech and language - this video introduces how to use visual support to help communication.
Cost: Free



Speech and Language UK How to support your child
This information for families provides ideas for them to support their baby and forms part of Speech and Language UK's guide to the typical stages of speech and language development. Children develop language at different rates and understanding what is typical and what parents and carers can do to support their baby's communication helps provide them with a great start on their journey to developing communication skills.
Cost: Free

Health and Care Professions Council
The HCPC regulate health and care professions including Speech and Language Therapists. They do this by setting standards for professionals' education, training and practice; keep a register of professionals who meet their standards and take action if professionals on their register do not meet their standards. Here you will find their register.


Family Information Service
Your local Family Information Service (FIS) provides a range of information on all services available to parents, including parents of disabled children.
Cost: Free

NeuroSENse explainer - Facts and Myths about Deafness
This blog and video aims to raise awareness of several misconceptions related to deafness and language development and promote a better understanding of the barriers to language and communication that children with deafness can encounter.







