| What is Speech and Language therapy (SLT)? | | | | * dyspraxia |
| Many children grow out of speaking difficulties, but | | | | What should parents expect? |
| some children may need support to improve their | | | | A clinical assessment to investigate core language |
| skills. A Speech therapist provides children with | | | | skills |
| support to develop and improve their | | | | Childrens resources includes a wide variety of |
| communication and language abilities. | | | | language activities and Speech activities. Children |
| Who do SLT Therapists help? | | | | will engage with a variety of activities such as |
| Childrens abilities should be formally evaluated by | | | | sound or word repetitions, rhymes, tongue |
| an a NHS or private therapist and speech therapy | | | | twisters, clapping and rhyming. Depending on the |
| or language therapy should be commenced as | | | | age of the child involved, playtime activities or |
| recommended and continued for as long as is | | | | assigned schoolwork may also be undertaken |
| required. | | | | regularly in sessions. |
| Speech and language therapists help children with | | | | Therapy can be carried out by parents, teacher |
| a variety of difficulties, which include the following: | | | | and Speech and language therapy assistants. The |
| * Language delay | | | | therapist will provide the parent with Speech and |
| * speech problems | | | | Language Therapy resources. It is imperative that |
| * having trouble understanding spoken or written | | | | the people involved with child carryout the |
| words | | | | therapy given by the speech therapist, if the child |
| * difficulty learning sounds, letters, syllables or | | | | is to maximise their learning potential. |
| words | | | | Where do Speech and Language therapists work? |
| * difficulty learning or using new vocabulary | | | | |