Diana McQueen is an experienced speech and language therapy practitioner and is a director of Soundswell Speech and Language Therapy Solutions. She has co-authored the Wellcomm Big Book of Ideas and has presented research at speech and language therapy conferences in the UK and Europe. She lives in Staffordshire, UK.Jo Williams has worked with children with speech, language and communication needs for 30 years and undertakes management consultancy work for NHS Trusts and is a director of Soundswell Speech and Language Therapy Solutions. She is also a Local Government Association Early Years Peer Reviewer and lives in Tipton, UK.

This book is written by experienced SLTs to help Early Years Practitioners (EYPs) understand early communication and development and how they can help. It includes an overview of how children learn language, developmental norms, support recognising specific difficulties, case studies and downloadable checklists. It's easy to read with chapter summaries, signposting and additional materials which supplement and support the learning. Practitioners can dip into the parts that are most relevant to them. It's also framed to get us thinking about why communication is important to EYPs as well as thoroughly evidence based. I will definitely be dipping into this and recommending it to EYPs too. (Five stars)

Diana McQueen is an experienced speech and language therapy practitioner and is a director of Soundswell Speech and Language Therapy Solutions. She has co-authored the Wellcomm Big Book of Ideas and has presented research at speech and language therapy conferences in the UK and Europe. She lives in Staffordshire, UK.Jo Williams has worked with children with speech, language and communication needs for 30 years and undertakes management consultancy work for NHS Trusts and is a director of Soundswell Speech and Language Therapy Solutions. She is also a Local Government Association Early Years Peer Reviewer and lives in Tipton, UK.

This book is written by experienced SLTs to help Early Years Practitioners (EYPs) understand early communication and development and how they can help. It includes an overview of how children learn language, developmental norms, support recognising specific difficulties, case studies and downloadable checklists. It's easy to read with chapter summaries, signposting and additional materials which supplement and support the learning. Practitioners can dip into the parts that are most relevant to them. It's also framed to get us thinking about why communication is important to EYPs as well as thoroughly evidence based. I will definitely be dipping into this and recommending it to EYPs too. (Five stars)

Diana McQueen is an experienced speech and language therapy practitioner and is a director of Soundswell Speech and Language Therapy Solutions. She has co-authored the Wellcomm Big Book of Ideas and has presented research at speech and language therapy conferences in the UK and Europe. She lives in Staffordshire, UK.Jo Williams has worked with children with speech, language and communication needs for 30 years and undertakes management consultancy work for NHS Trusts and is a director of Soundswell Speech and Language Therapy Solutions. She is also a Local Government Association Early Years Peer Reviewer and lives in Tipton, UK.

This book is written by experienced SLTs to help Early Years Practitioners (EYPs) understand early communication and development and how they can help. It includes an overview of how children learn language, developmental norms, support recognising specific difficulties, case studies and downloadable checklists. It's easy to read with chapter summaries, signposting and additional materials which supplement and support the learning. Practitioners can dip into the parts that are most relevant to them. It's also framed to get us thinking about why communication is important to EYPs as well as thoroughly evidence based. I will definitely be dipping into this and recommending it to EYPs too. (Five stars)