Speech and Language Therapy

• What they offer / teach

  An NHS speech and language therapy service delivered by speech and language therapists, therapy assistants and clerical support staff for children with speech, language and communication needs and/or eating, drinking or swallowing difficulties. Support includes assessment, helping adults understand the child's needs, mentoring adults on strategies and therapeutic interventions, signposting to advice, training and resources, and referrals to other services. The service is also commissioned to provide speech and language therapy to adults who stammer, but does not provide professional support for specific learning disabilities such as dyslexia.

• Ages served

  Children from 0 years up to their 16th birthday; the service also supports adults who stammer under a separate commission.

• Approach

  The service works in "episodes of care" so the right child is seen at the right time with the right care, with the service deciding which team is best placed to support each child. Children are seen in the setting that best suits their needs, which may be at home, in a community clinic, an acute hospital site or an education setting, with several clinics across the city. When an episode of care ends, families are told how to return for further therapy, though a re-referral is needed.

• Admissions

  The page indicates there is a referral route (with a "Refer to us" link and the need for re-referral to be seen again after an episode of care ends), and advises contacting your SENDCO for concerns about specific learning disabilities, but details of the referral process are not stated.

• Cost

  Not stated on this website.

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