Communication friendly environments is built upon five foundations.
Each foundation is considered to be essential in encouraging, supporting and developing speech, language and communication skills. See the diagram below.
Communication Friendly Environments aims to build capacity within education, primary care and community establishments to support the language and communication needs of all children and young people, and adults. This is essential in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Ayrshire throughout their lifespan.
Accreditation programmes are currently running in East and South Ayrshire. Please contact your local Speech and Language Therapy department for more details.
Feedback
Here is some feedback from our service users who have begun their communication friendly journey:
“This is really useful as I often don’t know what she is trying to tell me”
Parent
“This helps me to ensure children feel calm and can communicate their needs”
Staff member
“There has been notable improvement with transitions and routines for the children”
Staff member