SPEECH BUBBLES CIO 

Towards organisational development support for Speech Bubbles CIO and support for the development and expanded reach of the core Speech Bubbles programme to benefit children aged 5-7 with Speech, ....more

Towards organisational development support for Speech Bubbles CIO and support for the development and expanded reach of the core Speech Bubbles programme to benefit children aged 5-7 with Speech, Language and Communication Needs.

Speech Bubbles delivers drama programmes for young children with communication needs and supports other theatres to do the same. This grant will fund core costs to support organisational development ....more

Speech Bubbles delivers drama programmes for young children with communication needs and supports other theatres to do the same. This grant will fund core costs to support organisational development and expand the reach of the central Speech Bubbles programme to benefit children aged 5-7 with speech, language and communication needs.

Speech Bubbles is an in-school drama intervention that supports pupils in Key Stage1 referred with a communication need. Referred pupils attend a weekly session with a specially trained drama ....more

Speech Bubbles is an in-school drama intervention that supports pupils in Key Stage1 referred with a communication need. Referred pupils attend a weekly session with a specially trained drama practitioner and a member of the school support staff. The pupils participate in a range of drama games and activities that promote creative communication, playing with verbal and non-verbal communication, telling each other stories, and acting out them out. The pupils practice listening, taking turns and sharing their ideas. The programme aims to benefit children?s communication, confidence, and social interaction. As a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Speech Bubbles has increased the training for drama practitioners who deliver the programme, preparing them to work with children who may display higher levels of anxiety or whose social interaction may have been adversely affected. The sessions are designed to lower the anxiety of children with communication needs and build confidence. This project will support the Speech Bubble project at Henry Cavendish and Rosendale Primary Schools. There will be the main programme and a Covid-19 recovery programme aimed at supporting pupils with communication needs resulting from Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. In addition, parents and carers are invited to join in with at least one session during the programme.

towards core costs of providing the communication programme in primary schools across London, Kent and Greater Manchester (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)

Speech Bubbles, drama for communication and wellbeing.