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Speech, language and communication for additional needs
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Blank’s levels of questioning
Blank’s levels of questioning is a technique used to help children with their verbal reasoning and abstract language skills. It is also known as ‘language of learning’ model, Blank’s Levels or Blank questions.
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Visual task plans and task boards
A task plan is a visual version of what a child or young person needs to do in a specific task or activity. Task plans can also be known as a task board. They can help children and young people to remember and keep focus on the task or activity.
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Story planner
Story planners are a tool that can be used for children that find sequencing or storytelling difficult. Some children and young people can find it hard to talk about events that are in the past or in the future. They can talk about something that is happening in the present.
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Have you tried looking at our general advice?
You may want to look at our general advice pages for more information on:
- Speech, language and communication
- Attention and listening skills
- Bilingualism
- Developing language
- Communicating with your baby
- Helping your toddler to talk
- Playing and social skills
- Selective mutism
- Speech sounds
- Stammering
- Storytelling and narrative
- The importance of play
- Tongue tie
- Understanding language
- Using language
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