{"id":639,"date":"2025-11-17T15:43:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/?page_id=639"},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:34:54","slug":"further-reading","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/further-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Further Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

References and further reading recommendations from the NELC team <\/strong><\/p>\n

(updated 12th<\/sup> November 2025)<\/p>\n

Speech, Language and Communication in the Scottish context<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSpeech, language and communication development among children in Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic: Whole System Approach<\/a>\u201d\u00a0 Public Health Scotland, 2023<\/p>\n

\u201cParents\u2019 Experiences and Views on Supporting Early Learning and Development (at Home<\/a>)\u201d (Save the Children, 2023)<\/p>\n

\u201cEquity for all: Children\u2019s Speech and Language Therapy Services in Scotland<\/a>\u201d Marie Gascoigne, 2021<\/p>\n

Taking a public health approach to SLC concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCreating the conditions for robust early language development for all \u2013 Part 1: Evidence-informed child language surveillance in the early years<\/a>\u201d by Sheena Rielly and Cristina McKean (2023)<\/p>\n

\u201cCreating the conditions for robust early language development for all \u2013 Part 2: Evidence informed public health framework for child language in the early years<\/a>\u201d by Cristina McKean and Sheena Reilly (2023)<\/p>\n

Language and Communication Supportive Environment <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHow can we create a Language and Communication Supportive Environment in Early Learning and Childcare Settings?\u201d<\/a> (NELC team and Education Scotland, 2025)<\/p>\n

\u201cOne in five children in child care spends most of the day in language isolation<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

This blog post from LENA (a US nonprofit organisation) summarises data from day-long audio recordings of over 15,000 children in the USA.<\/p>\n

\u201cLENA | Every interaction counts: research on conversational turns\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The LENA grow and LENA start programmes are not available in Scotland. However, the principles of their evidence-based approach can be applied without use of their talk-pedometer technology.<\/p>\n

Advice and guidance <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Voice of the Infant: best practice guidelines and infant pledge<\/a> on the Scottish Government website<\/p>\n

Speech, Language and Communication: Giving Children the Best Possible Start in Life<\/a> (Supporting the Learning Experiences of Health Visitors and Family Nurses) NHS Education for Scotland<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing my potential: promoting safe, responsive, nurturing care and learning experiences and environments for babies and young children aged 1 and 2 years<\/a>.\u201d Care Inspectorate, 2023<\/p>\n

Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood: The Explainer Series<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201ca series of animated films explaining brain development in early childhood, and how interaction between babies, young children and caring adults can make a positive difference to their social and emotional development\u201d<\/p>\n

These videos are accompanied by a practitioner guide and a series of science briefings. If you only have time to watch one, watch film four \u201cback and forth interactions<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWHO guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n

These guidelines include advice on screentime for children under 5 and have been adopted by the Scottish Government.<\/p>\n

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References and further reading recommendations from the NELC team (updated 12th November 2025) Speech, Language and Communication in the Scottish context \u201cSpeech, language and communication development among children in Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic: Whole System Approach\u201d\u00a0 Public Health Scotland, 2023 \u201cParents\u2019 Experiences and Views on Supporting Early Learning and Development (at Home)\u201d (Save the… Continue reading Further Reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87772,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-639","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":763,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639\/revisions\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}