Peep TALK

Peep TALK is our new programme created for practitioners to help families foster their young child's speech, language and communication development in everyday life. Created by Peeple in collaboration with Speech and Language Therapists, Peep TALK emphasises the importance of everyday interactions in enhancing communication skills within the home.

Key features of the Peep TALK Programme:

• Comprehensive content: The programme offers eight engaging group or one-to-one sessions, supported by ‘Talking at Home’ handouts, practical tips, and video clips that practitioners can share with parents and their children.
   
• Parents and children together: Designed for parents and their young children with a developmental stage or age from about 18 months to four years.
   
• Empowering parents: Peep TALK helps parents understand how and why different ways of interacting with their child actively supports their speech and language development, and the positive impact it has on their child’s future communication skills.
   
• Real-life activities: Peep TALK offers free or low-cost activities, ideas and interactions that fit easily into everyday life, and make a big difference to a child’s communication development.
   
• Flexible delivery: The sessions are adaptable, enabling practitioners to deliver them in a way that best meets the needs of their local community, whether in groups or one-to-one.
   
• Early intervention: Ideal as a first in-house intervention or for families awaiting support from a Speech and Language Therapist.
   
• Strengths-based approach: The programme promotes a positive, non-judgemental, and interactive way of working with families, building on the things they already do.
   
• Evidence-informed: The programme was developed by Peeple in collaboration with Speech and Language Therapists, building on our joint work with early years settings and families over many years. It complements our other Peep programmes.
   

Peep TALK Training for practitioners

We are launching our Peep TALK Programme and practitioner Training on 2 September 2024. The Programme and Training have recently undergone successful pilots and evaluation in Oxford and Hull. Please email training@peeple.org.uk for more information.

>  Download our Peep TALK Training flyer for practitioners

Feedback from Peep TALK Training delegates:

"Excellent training, plenty of time to look at all the session plans and it was lovely to see them come to life during the demos."

"The training gives lots of knowledge and also how to share it with parents and carers in a very accessible way."

"This was a brilliant training, with all the strength of the Peep Learning Together Programme, but well focussed on Talking and Listening. The session plans are well planned and thought out with a good mixture of activities."