We want your views on our plans to extend the Talk With Me SLC Delivery Plan to include children aged 5 to 11.
Consultation description
We are consulting on:
- how to raise the profile of SLC
- how we can identify and support SLC needs more effectively
- practitioner training, tools, and support
- other action we might consider taking in the future
Consultation documents
Consultation document: easy read version , file type: PDF, file size: 4 MB
Consultation document: children and young people's version , file type: PDF, file size: 4 MB
Draft summary integrated impact assessment , file type: PDF, file size: 303 KB
Additional information
The consultation document published as part of this consultation reflects an earlier version of Welsh Government’s wording on the anonymisation of responses. Our procedures have since been updated so that consultation responses are treated as anonymous by default. Any personal data is now removed prior to publication, unless respondents explicitly request otherwise.
This updated approach will be applied to all responses received for this consultation.
How to respond
Submit your comments by 30 April 2026, in any of the following ways:
Online form
Post
Download the response form.
Complete and return to:
Talk with Me
Early Years, Childcare and Play Division
Primary Care, Mental Health and Early Years Directorate
Health, Social Care and Early Years Group
Welsh Government
Rhydycar Business Park
Merthyr Tydfil
CF48 1UZ