Some Key Marketing and Dissemination Messages

Doing justice to speech, language and communication needs
- Proceedings of a round table on SLCN in the youth justice

Some key marketing and dissemination messages

‘Doing justice to speech language and communication needs’ brings together the key messages and recommendations from the round table event. It aims to support professionals in thinking about their own work and practice; to settings and services and those who commission them, to help identify useful approaches; and at the most strategic level, to policy makers with recommendations for prioritisation and action to improve outcomes for children and young people with SLCN in the youth justice system.

The report is available as a free download on The Communication Trust website here.
To help you spread the word about it quickly and easily, we’ve produced some key text below. You can tweak the messaging yourself or copy and paste the text directly to your websites, newsletters, email contacts and social media networks. If you would like some text for a specific piece of work please do get in touch and we’d be more than happy to help. Contact Jo Bolton on

For your website:

‘Doing justice to speech language and communication needs’ brings together the key messages and recommendations from this event and aims to provide a platform from which practitioners, services and policy makers can think about the different approaches, challenges and opportunities to improve outcomes for children and young people with SLCN in the youth justice system.

The report and event were funded by the Helen Hamlyn Trust. The report is available as a free download on The Communication Trust website here.

For your newsletters/email contacts:

In November 2014, The Communication Trust hosted a round table event with key stakeholders from across the youth justice and speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) sectors.The event facilitated a discussion about the current policy and practice landscape. This included a focus on recent or upcoming policy changes including the SEND reforms and also time for practitioners to discuss their experience of support for children and young people with SLCN in their service currently, highlighting existing positive provision for children and young people’s outcomes as well as identifying gaps. Delegates discussed recommendations for practical action across three levels; practitioner, service and policy.

‘Doing justice to speech language and communication needs’ brings together the key messages and recommendations from these round table discussions. It aims to provide a platform from which practitioners and services across the sector, as well as policy makers and strategic leads, can think about the different approaches, challenges and opportunities within their service or remit to improve outcomes for children and young people with SLCN in the youth justice system.

The report and event were funded by the Helen Hamlyn Trust. The report is available as a free download on The Communication Trust website here.

For Facebook:
Please do tag us in posts you make about the report- you can find us on Facebook here-

‘Doing justice to speech language and communication needs’is a new report looking at the current situation for children and young people with SLCN in the youth justice system and making practical recommendations for improved support. Visit The Communication Trust website here to find out more and download the free report.
Upwards of 60% of children and young people in YOIs have speech, language and communication needs. Find out more about how they are supported currently and recommendations for improved support in ‘Doing justice to speech language and communication needs’, a new report from The Communication Trusthere

For Twitter:

New report from @Comm_nTrust makes recommendations for better supporting SLCN in the youth justice system-
‘Doing justice to speech language and communication needs’is a new report from @Comm_nTrust downloadit here