{"id":347,"date":"2018-09-14T12:12:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T12:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2022-07-19T14:06:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T14:06:21","slug":"communication-friendly-environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/communication-friendly-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication friendly environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":5588,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\\\/ea\\\/onthankeccmain2017\\\/communication-friendly-environment\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-347 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/communication-friendly-environment\/thumbnail_img_4857\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"thumbnail_IMG_0660\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/onthankeccmain2017\/uploads\/sites\/5588\/2022\/07\/19140205\/thumbnail_IMG_0660-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/onthankeccmain2017\/uploads\/sites\/5588\/2022\/07\/19140205\/thumbnail_IMG_0660-1024x768.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/communication-friendly-environment\/thumbnail_img_0662-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/onthankeccmain2017\/uploads\/sites\/5588\/2022\/07\/19140208\/thumbnail_IMG_0662-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"9119\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/communication-friendly-environment\/thumbnail_img_0662-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/onthankeccmain2017\/uploads\/sites\/5588\/2022\/07\/19140208\/thumbnail_IMG_0662-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"thumbnail_IMG_0662 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/onthankeccmain2017\/uploads\/sites\/5588\/2022\/07\/19140208\/thumbnail_IMG_0662-1-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/onthankeccmain2017\/uploads\/sites\/5588\/2022\/07\/19140208\/thumbnail_IMG_0662-1-1024x768.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Communication Friendly Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Onthank Early Childhood Centre was awarded the first in East Ayrshire \u2013 Communication Friendly Environment Award in 2019. We strive to make a difference in the lives of the children and families who attend our centre.<\/p>\n<p>Effective Communication and Language skills are extremely important from the early stages in a child\u2019s life and we have specially trained Communication Champions who work collaboratively with the Speech and Language Therapists to support children within this area.<\/p>\n<p>Storyland and Once Upon a Time break out rooms provide the opportunity for smaller groups of children to develop their listening and attention skills, communication and languages with particular focus on speech sounds and immaturity of speech.<\/p>\n<p>Our Communication Champions Arlene, Linzi, Julie B, Coline, Lynne J &amp; Lynn D work with staff, children and parents to \u00a0provide support for children with speech, language and communication difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>This role enables the champions to work with small targeted groups of children and provide 1:1 support and guidance for children with communication difficulties, whether it may be speech sounds, listening and attention skills, stammering, social interactions etc.<\/p>\n<p>Referrals for children to the speech and language team can be made directly from the centre by Arlene with parents\/carers acceptance to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that our champions are <strong>not<\/strong> Speech and Language therapists, however they do work closely with the Speech and Language Team to provide targeted support around children\u2019s communication.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: Thread-0000111c-Id-0000009d\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/onthankeccmain2017\/uploads\/sites\/5588\/2019\/04\/IMG_E7407.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/onthankeccmain2017\/uploads\/sites\/5588\/2019\/02\/IMG_0362-e1550479953856.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/onthankeccmain2017\/uploads\/sites\/5588\/2019\/02\/IMG_0360-e1550479933810.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/onthankeccmain2017\/uploads\/sites\/5588\/2019\/01\/IMG_6079.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communication Friendly Environment Onthank Early Childhood Centre was awarded the first in East Ayrshire \u2013 Communication Friendly Environment Award in 2019. We strive to make a difference in the lives of the children and families who attend our centre. Effective Communication and Language skills are extremely important from the early stages in a child\u2019s life &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/communication-friendly-environment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Communication friendly environment<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9846,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-347","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9846"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9120,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347\/revisions\/9120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankeccmain2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}