Everyone in our community working together to Help Kids Talk

Help Kids Talk is a community-wide partnership project that supports the speech, language and communication development of babies, children and young people aged 0-18 in Northern Ireland.

Tips and Advice

Help Kids Talk promotes 12 key messages. These key messages will help you support your child’s speech, language and communication skills during everyday activities and routines. See our 12 key messages.

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Parents & Caregivers

Advice and activities to support your child’s speech and language skills

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Practitioners and settings

Advice and resources to support children’s speech and language development

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Project aims

Help babies, children and young people be the best they can be

Make speech, language and communication development everyone’s responsibility

Work together to make a positive difference to the lives of babies, children and young people

Did you know?

The range of a child’s vocabulary at age 5 is a very strong predictor of qualifications at school leaving age, and without support, over 1/3 of children with speech, language and communication issues go on to have support from mental health services later in life.

Awards

Latest News

Apr
30

Winners of the National Advancing Healthcare Awards 2024
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Extremely Beneficial

“We found Help Kids Talk extremely beneficial to the families that engaged in it. The parents have said that the key messages are relevant and easy to remember.”

Carrie Larmour, Barnardos Parent and Infant Project Team Leader

Love the messages

“Love the messages so clear and will help us all be consistent. Now recognise that simple things really benefit children now and in years to come.”

Feedback from basic awareness training

So helpful

“I always thought to improve my child’s speech that I had to have elaborate activities but now I know that I can use any situation or simple moments to help my child.”

Parent

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