Practitioners observed that two-year-old Theo was babbling and sounded as if he was talking underwater when he joined Paint Pots Nursery in Sholing, Southampton.
Around a third of the children attending the 60-place nursery have speech and language difficulties, so staff are used to supporting children and working with specialist agencies.
A speech and language link worker attends the nursery, which is based in a deprived area, every week to run targeted groups and work with individual children. The nursery’s practitioners also address speech and language issues with children who are not formally diagnosed but are not meeting their milestones.
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