Elklan’s Communication Friendly Home-Based Setting (CFHBS) award examines all aspects of the home-based setting, including the physical environment (inside and out), interaction styles, how language is modelled and the opportunities and resources that are provided to support the development of language, communication and learning.
The process aims to enable those caring for children in their own home to consider the opportunities, resources and personal interactions provided and to reflect on areas for development, with guidance from an Elklan tutor. The childminder or foster carer is given a manual full of ideas and strategies to promote language, communication and learning in the home and help to gain the award.
Impact Statement:
“The Elklan Speech and language course for creating a communication friendly home based setting was so easy to access and offered me the flexibility I needed to fit around my hectic work patterns. I am thoroughly enjoying having childminders alike within the locality to share ideas and evaluate my practice with during our online zoom sessions, as well as having a speech and language therapist as our tutor! It is already having a direct impact on my practice in developing outcomes for the children as well as helping me understand the communication chain, the environment we use and importance of adult child interactions to be able to build and develop vocabulary!”
Recruitment for this programme is now closed.