SaLT – Kildare Educate Together

Salt: Speech and Language Tools for Early Intervention for Teachers

We are proud to be partners in another exciting Erasmus+ project called SaLT (Speech and Language Tools for Early Intervention for Teachers). The aim of this project is to create early intervention tools to support teachers to help students in early language learning.

Learning a language is a life-long process that begins in the first months of life and continues throughout the years of maturity. Learning processes develop in early childhood at their fastest speed. Language acquisition and communication are essential for the success of children in early years education and school. Communication is a complex human skill that combines physical and mental elements, and it is crucial for all children. Modern society requires a high level of communication skills; speech, language, vision and literacy are fundamental skills needed to meet these requirements. This project aims to help teachers identify language and communication difficulties in children and provide tools to support them.

Outdoor Classroom

Concrete objectives of the SaLT project

To improve teachers’ understanding of innovative approaches and methods used to address the needs and interests of students with speech and language problems.
To boost understanding of teachers regarding the legal regulations on speech and language support at early childhood education.
To increase motivation among teachers for native language acquisition processes, innovative teaching methods and digital tools used in the intervention in the case of speech and language problems.
To improve the level of knowledge of good practices about speech and language support systems in the partner countries and around Europe.
To increase knowledge on speech and language assessment, early intervention and practices in teachers.
To improve the speech and language performance of the students who have some difficulties through innovative methods and tools.
To boost the confidence of teachers and pedagogical staff in working with students who have speech & language disorders such as articulation, voice, fluency, expression etc.
To improve strategic use of ICT and digital skills of teachers through the mobile app with an educative support plan.
To increase the attention of target groups and beneficiaries to use project results
To improve understanding of speech & language support at early childhood age.
To increase the motivation of target groups to use and apply the innovative methods and tools used in intervention for speech and language problems.
To boost knowledge of the target groups with summarized comparative report analysis through the policy report.
To develop an understanding of the project results by wider impact to reach out to academics, policymakers, pedagogical staff and parents around Europe.

CJ and Maeveann met lots of children in one of our partner schools in Drama, Greece

Information on the project and its progress can be found here salt project eu

You can also view project newsletters below.

Newsletter 1: Click to View or Download

Newsletter 2: Click to View or Download

Newsletter 3: Click to View or Download

CJ and Maeveann travelled to Greece for a project meeting to help develop a Speech and Language app