1. Our children’s futures..……
celebrating communication

2. Barking and Dagenham Children’s Services
An ambitious Borough with the community at the heart of all we do
A Borough facing challenges with the determination to achieve excellence
Where our success as a team is greater than our individual skills
Where the voice of EVERY child matters
Has achieved great things but is determined to do even more
Making a bigger difference for our children and young people building achievement, community cohesion and empowerment .

3. In Barking and Dagenham:
Every child is valued, supported and challenged so that they develop the ambition, skills and resilience to succeed.
Every child knows that they are a part of and have a responsibility to contribute to, building a strong, empowered and cohesive community.

4. Children are 1/3 of our population and all of our future…
All committed to communicating with children
Children are 1/3 of our population and all of our future…

5. Context Joint Central Training Professional Programme Development
(ESSaL)
Central Training
Programme
SLCN
Handbook
and Training
ACTT
Hello
Link Groups
Receptive
Language
Project
Elklan
for
secondary
ELCISS
Project
Inclusion Development Programme

6. What did we do first ? Formed a steering group Members Education
Health
Early Years
Libraries
Youth services
Extended services
Parents

7. Local Launch

8. Events

9. Education Education Inclusion Team Engagement Team
Barking Town Hall Council Chamber Visit for School Councils
English Team
EMPOWERING VOICES: DIALOGUE IN CLASSROOMS, SCHOOLS AND BEYOND
with Professor Robin Alexander

10. Speech & Language Therapy Service for Children
Informing our fellow Health Professionals about children’s communication difficulties:
Survey
Training
Articles 10

11. Early Years Every month there will be a focus for:
Parents / Carers, Practitioners and Children in
Children’s Centers, Day Nurseries and Pre-
schools.
For example in March:
Parents / Carers – Ante-natal Play and Communication Workshop
Practitioners – Listening to Young
Children training
Children – Chatterbox Challenge

12. Libraries
Year round reading club at all our libraries called the Reading Zone – World Adventure
Children choose and read books
then discuss them with the
librarians
There are 10 levels and at the end of each level children receive a prize and certificate