We Need to Talk: The Express Oral Language Launch

We Need to Talk: The Express Oral Language Launch

Oral language underpins children’s learning, literacy, relationships and wellbeing: but identifying language needs and knowing how to respond can be challenging for busy educators.

It’s time we talked about it.

Coactive Education invites educators, education leaders, media, sector organisations and partners to the official online launch of Express Oral Language: a new wraparound oral language screening, intervention and professional learning programme for New Zealand schools and early childhood services.

Express is built around WellComm, the evidence-based oral language screening and intervention resource developed by speech and language professionals and published by Renaissance. WellComm enables educators to identify possible speech, language and communication needs early, understand where additional support may be required and access targeted activities that can be incorporated into everyday teaching.

But Express is more than access to a screening platform.