Speech & Language Therapy for Children 

  • Benefits: Speech & Language Therapy can help if your child -
  • is not talking as much as other children of the same age
  • has unclear speech and is difficult to understand
  • only communicates by pointing
  • is not responding appropriately to spoken instructions
  • has dysfluent speech
  • has poor listening and attention skills
 speech therapy

Our Therapy Service offers:

  • Speech, Language and Communication Assessment
  • Therapy
     This may involve -
    Direct Therapy (individual or in a group).
    A home or school programme.
    Training and advice.
  • Review
  • Discharge

Who is the service for?

  • Children aged between 3 - 19 years.
  • Children with academic, social and/or emotional difficulties.
  • Children with challenging behaviours due to communication difficulties
speech skills

Possible areas of intervention:

  • Listening and talking with others.
  • Play skills and playing with others.
  • Language understanding and use.
  • Asking and answering questions.
  • Developing Speech Sounds
  • Learning Vocabulary and Concepts
  • Self esteem and social interaction.
  • Auditory Memory
  • Sequencing
  • Planning and Organisation

Benefits for your child - New skills to help bring about changes in the areas of difficulty; To be a more effective communicator; How to recognise when s/he is stuck; How to ask for help; New problem solving skills for self help; To use the new skills in a variety of contexts; To use language skills more effectively.

Benefits for parents/carers – The opportunity to learn more about your child's difficulties; Access to information to help choose how you want to support your child; Support in developing new skills for yourself and your child; Space to be listened to and the opportunity to discuss your concerns; The opportunity to be involved in the therapy decision making process.
Prices
Initial free half hour consultation to discuss needs.
Speech, Language and Communication Assessement £55 - £120: Hourly Therapy Rate £50
Speech Therapy Parsons Green , Fulham , Putney @ Way of Therapy (last updated March 2008)
257 New King's Road, London SW6 4RB
Tel: 020 7610 9403
web: www.wayoftherapy.co.uk email: info@wayoftherapy.co.uk