Introducing Talk Boost to your school
Talk Boost KS1 Training
- 1 day training developed by ICAN and The Communication Trust
- A targeted and evidence based 10-week intervention
- Breaks language and Communication down into 5 component parts: Attention and listening, vocabulary, building sentences, Telling stories, Conversation
- Narrows the gap between 4-7 year old children with language delay and their peers
- Supports Foundation Language skills that lead to phonics
- Increases classroom participation and improves behaviour
- Builds quality of teaching
- Helps leadership and management of children with SLCN
- Provides guidance for successful engagement with parents
- Also benefits EAL children
- Intervention is delivered in primary schools by reception, year 1 and year 2
- proven to boost children’s language and communication by an average of 9 – 18 months after a ten week intervention.
- Participants are trained to be able to deliver the Talk Boost KS1 programme in their school
- Talk Boost

Talk Boost KS1 Training is delivered in a format that suits your setting in 1 day, or 2 mornings, on site at your school or via Zoom. Fees for training are £550. The materials to deliver the intervention are bought direct from the ICAN website .