Language and communication

Language and communication starts in the womb. Talking to your child every day, even in the womb helps your child to develop communication and language skills.

If you need support

After your child turns one, your health visitor will regularly check how their speech is developing. They will support your child's communication and offer help if you need it. If you have any concerns, please get in touch by completing the self-referral form.

Request language and communication support

Check how your child is developing

When your child is close to their first birthday you will be invited to attend a development check by the Health Visiting Team.

At the check, a member of the health visiting team will talk to you about your child’s communication skills and track their progress. You will then be given ideas on how to help your child’s development at home.

If your child needs support to develop their communication, you will be invited to Camden Tiny Talkers

This is a targeted 4-week group which includes fun activities to support your child’s communication and language development. It is led by specially trained Stay and Play staff with support with from Speech and Language Therapists.

If you would like to be contacted to discuss your child’s communication and language development please email [email protected]

We will contact you to see how we can help.

Camden Kids top tips to support language and communication

Try these simple and everyday activities to support your child aged 0 to 5:

talk to your baby during pregnancy, they will listen and start recognising your voice
talk face-to-face and look into their eyes
talk in your strongest language, or multiple languages if you speak more than one
talk about things that catch their interest
talk about every day things like having a bath or tidying up
sing rhymes or share picture books and stories
talk about how you think your child is feeling
add extra words to what your child says to help them form sentences