Why Do We Need Intervention Programs Affecting Children's Communication?

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Mroz, and Letts, (2008) put forward that the ability for children to communicate well with others is a vital part of a child’s life that will greatly impact on quality of life.
BBC (2015) states that one of the most significant skills that we will ever learn in our life is language, everything that we do at work or at home will require us to communicate and if we were without language is would be incredibly difficult to share our thoughts and feelings with others, to give and receive information and learn about the world. Within a short period of time children will learn language, this is why the pre-school states of a child’s life is so significant, both parents and early years workers play a vital role in encouraging children’s communication development.
I can (2008) implies that speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) can impact of many different areas of a child’s development, such as the child’s self-esteem, their behaviour, academic and social.
The Communication Trust (2011) states that every child who has a speech,
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However, intervention programs are not focused specifically on children or young people with learning difficulties and or disabilities, nevertheless, according to the National Strategies children or young people who have learning difficulties or disabilities may make up some of the target groups for intervention. The National Strategies encourage schools to recognize, as soon as possible, the children who would advantage from intervention in order to tackle difficulties and barriers to learning early on, rather than trying to help those children or young people to catch up