School Start - Targeted intervention for language and sound awareness in reception class is a practical resource that can be used with children who need additional help in developing communication skills during the first year of school. This practical resource is a follow-on from the hugely successful School Start. This second edition focuses primarily on a targeted group intervention, to boost the language and sound awareness skills of children entering reception class, who are delayed in these areas of communication. It also addresses aspects of attention, following instructions and social communication. School Start 2E, aims to help children catch up so that they may be ready to access the learning environment of Year 1. School Start 2E is an invaluable resource for teachers and teaching assistants that encourages good collaborative practice between schools, speech & language therapists, the SENCO and parents. The programme consist of: an initial six-week period so that educational staff may identify children of concern; a screening checklist to confirm the identification of those children; a structured programme of 30 Language group sessions that teaching assistants will find quick and easy to follow; delivered once a week; a structured programme of 30 Sound Awareness group sessions that teaching assistants will find quick and easy to follow; delivered once a week; activities and learning objectives linked into communication at home and in class; monitoring of each child's objectives and readministration of the checklist in July. Catherine de la Bedoyere is a speech & language therapist with over 10 years' experience of managing and delivering services to children in a variety of settings, including mainstream and special needs schools. In addition, she has acted as the professional advisor for speech & language therapy to I CAN and taught postgraduate teachers at Kingston University. She offers consultancy services and practises in a special needs school in
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