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Early Language Development: Needs, Provision and intervention for preschool children from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds

Dockrell, J; Law, J; Charlton, J; Gascoigne, M; McKean, C; Theakston, A; (2017) Early Language Development: Needs, Provision and intervention for preschool children from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Education Endowment Foundation: London, UK.

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Abstract

This review has been commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation and Public Health England to identify priorities for improving practice in the support and management of children with delays in early language development between birth and five years (72 months). In addition, it has the specific objectives of highlighting interventions that have the greatest potential to improve children’s life chances, reduce inequalities in outcomes, and potentially inform further rounds of research funded by the EEF. The review starts with an overview of the most recent findings associated with our understanding of early language and preliteracy development. It goes on to look at prevalence and at the proportion of children not attaining the appropriate levels of attainment in the early years. It then turns to interventions, their efficacy and effectiveness, and contextual factors that affect their implementation. Finally, we move on to the way that services are delivered on the ground in England and highlight the profile of five local authorities, the services they deliver, and factors affecting that delivery. The review ends with a summary of the main findings and recommendations for which interventions could usefully be taken forward. In the Appendices we provide summaries of the interventions identified and a table of interventions and their outcomes and then provide some additional details about the five case studies identified in Chapter 5.

Type: Report
Title: Early Language Development: Needs, Provision and intervention for preschool children from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds
Publisher version: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public...
Language: English
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UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10024896
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