Children's speech and language therapy

​​​The Children’s Speech and Language Therapy (SALT) Service​

Our team supports children and young people who have difficulties with:

• talking and understanding
  
• speech sounds, sound awareness and pronunciation
  
• stammering
  
• early interaction and play
  
• swallowing
  
• voice
  

We can also work with other professionals or refer your child for further assessment, diagnosis, and specialist support.

We work in different places including:  

• at our clinic
  
• nurseries
  
• schools
  
• the hospital
  
• your home 
  
• community clinics
  

Treatments we offer depend on your child's needs. It can include:

• monitoring with advice
  
• 1-2-1 therapy with a therapist or keyworker
  
• group therapy
  
• a course for parents
  

If you're aged over 18 you can find information for adults' speech and language therapy.​

​Accessing our service​

Anyone can refer a child.

If you're a parent you can refer your child by emailing or calling us.

Give any additional information to support your referral such as the Ages and Stages questionnaire (ASQ) from your Health Visitor, or a WellComm assessment for pre-school and primary school children. 

Alternatively, speak to your: 

• GP 
• health visitor ​
• nursery or school 

We must have parental consent to accept a referral for an assessment by our team. 

Use the toolkit to support completion of the referral form and return it to the department.   ​

What to expect at your first appointment 

We ask you attend the appointment with your child. During the appointment we will get to know you. We will ask you about your concerns and expectations.  

We will carry out various assessments, dependant on your child’s age. We will plan your next steps if required. We will also signpost you to other services as needed.   

The first appointment takes about 1 hour.   ​

​Our locati​​​on​

We are located in the Child Development and Therapy Centre (CDTC) at the the Enid Quenault Health and Wellbeing Centre.

The CDTC has its own entrance and car park.

The Enid Quenault Health and Wellbeing Centre

​​Useful resources

Here are some useful links which may help whilst you are waiting for your first appointment. What you can do to help your child depends on your child’s need and age. 

BBC: Tiny ha​ppy people​

Children's speech and language: A collection of tips and advice to help with children's speech and language skills.

Tiny Happy People: Tips and advice for children's speech and language

Advice on when your baby should lose the dummy and how to wean baby off it:

Dummies and weaning: How and when to stop dummy use BBC Tiny Happy People​

A collection of activities and things to do with pre-schoolers of any age. Find ways to bond with your child and help develop their language skills: Tiny Happy People - Key talking tips for any age

​Ican.org.uk​

Ages and stages: A guide to the typical stages of speech and language development in babies, children, and young people.

Ages and stages: Speech and Language UK, Changing young lives

A resource library for families: the Ican team of speech and language therapists have written these helpful info pages, based on our most frequently asked questions from families.

Resource library for families: Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives​

A resource library for educators: Check out this range of free resources for educators and professionals, designed to help you support the 1.9 million children facing challenges with talking and understanding words.

Resource library for educators: Speech and Language UK, Changing young lives​

Gov.Wales​

Speech, language​ and communication: guidance​

Stamma

Make space for stammering.

STAMMA​

RADLD.ORG​

Learn more about Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), access resources and find out how to raise awareness

RADLD: Raising Awareness of Developmental Language Disorder

National Autistic Society ​

Find out what fluency disorde​rs are, and how they may present in autistic children.

National Autistic Society​