Specialist Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team
The information provided on these pages is intended for patients already under the care of the Specialist Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team.
An Introduction to Speech and Language Development
Pathways.org empowers parents and health professionals with FREE tools and resources to maximize your child's motor, sensory, and communication development.
Children's Speech and Language Therapy Steps to Learn a Sound
A poster explaining the steps needed to develop speech sounds. Starting with listening to and saying single sounds, through to using sounds in everyday talking/conversation
Communication Station - Exploring Speech Sounds
You can have lots of fun exploring and making different sounds with your child as you play and do everyday activities.
Communication Station - Helping your child understand language - 3 words
This film shows you ways to help your child develop their understanding of language with three information carrying words. You can try and introduce this level of language as you play and do everyday activities with your child.
Communication Station - It's all fun and games
Your speech and Language Therapist may have already sent you some to use with your child to help them learn or practice a new skill. Try one of these games to make their practising more fun and motivating.
Communication Station - Let's get moving with action words
You can use any opportunity to help improve your child's communication and speech. This film shows ways to help your child understand and use action words throughout the day.
Creating Communication Enriched Environments - Sue Larkey Top Tips
Tips for how to use pictures and objects (at home, school, nursery) to maximise your child's ability to understand and join in.
Developing single words
Ideas of toys, game and activities to develop early single words including gone, stop, go and more.
Dlaczego nalezy vzywac znakow i gestow w porozumiewaniu sie z dziecmi - C Using Signs Symbols (Polish translation)
Strategie, które pomog Twojemu dziecku rozwija j zyk. Strategies that will help your child develop language
Everyday opportunities for developing '3 way' shared attention and engagement with your child
This video from the Hanen centre has some information about everyday opportunities to develop '3 way' shared attention and engagement with your child.
Jzeli twoje dziecko ''utknie'' podpowiedz mu jak z tego wybrn ç Q - When your child gets stuck give them a choiceolish Q Giving choices
Strategy sheet in Polish for parents showing how you can support your child's language development.
Komentuj to co Twoje dziecko robi E Comment on what your child is doing (Polish translation)
Strategy sheet for Parents describing how they can support their child's language development.
Mów to co dziecko powinno powiedzie gdyby umia o G Say what your child would say if they could (Polish)
Strategy sheet in Polish for parents showing how you can support your child's language development.
Ogladaj programy T.V. dla dziecize swoim dzieckiem S Watch children's TV with your child (Polish)
Advice sheet in Polish to help you support your child's language development: watching TV with your child.
Pomagaj Twojemu dziecku sluchac - B Help your child to listen (Polish translation)
Strategie, które pomog Twojemu dziecku rozwija j zyk. Strategies that will help your child develop language.
Sensory preferences (The Hanen Centre)
A checklist for parents to identify your child's sensory needs and sensitivities. This can be used to help to work out what is motivating for your child. Motivators can be used to develop communication.
Selective Mutism
Selective Mutism is an anxiety disorder which prevents those affected from speaking in certain situations, such as at school or in public.
Staraj si dawa dziecku smoczek tylko do snu R - If a dummy is used, keep it for sleep times only
Strategy sheet in Polish for parents showing how you can support your child's language development.
Stosuj pauzy, aby dac dziecku wiecej czasu na wypowiedzenie T Use pauses to give your child more time to talk to you (Polish)
Advice sheet in Polish to encourage early language and talking for children with language delay by pausing when talking to your child.
Strategies for parents to help to engage your child in interaction (County Health Partnership)
A summary of the strategies for parents to help to engage your child in interaction.
The children's place - ROCK in your routine
How to get a game going with your child and show them they can communicate in it.
The Hanen Centre: Further Reading for Language and Communication
Helpful information for parents.
The Hanen Centre: Helping you help children communicate
The Hanen Centre is dedicated to addressing a pressing social problem - delays in language development in young children, including children with developmental delays and autism.
The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering
The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering offers a specialist service to children and young people who stammer.
The National Autistic Society
The National Autistic Society (NAS) provides information, support and services, and campaign for a better world for autistic people (including those with Asperger syndrome), their families and professionals.
Things Not to Say to Someone Who Stammers (BBC3)
Whether it's people finishing your sentences, or being told to "spit it out", here are nine things people with stammers are tired of hearing...
Wait, wait, I'm not finished yet! (The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering)
This 10 minute video was developed at the Michael Palin Centre as a resource for teachers, parents and any others who want to know how to support a child who stammers or stutters.
What are people games and ideas for people games video
This video is produced by the Hanen centre. It explains what people games are and gives ideas that you could try at home with your child.
What are sensory preferences video
This video is produced by the Hanen centre. It explains how some children do not experience the senses in the same way and are referred to as being over or under sensitive to certain sensations.
What is Angelman Syndrome? (Assert UK)
This short film gives you an insight into what somebody with Angelman Syndrome is like, how it effects the individuals and their family or carers on a daily basis.
Why work on interaction first Hanen video
This video explains the reasons why developing interaction is so important. It explains some of the skills that children need to develop to support interaction to be a two way process.
Zachowuj bliski kontakt z dzieckiem (podczas zabawy) - Polish A Be at the same level as your child
Strategie, które pomog Twojemu dziecku rozwija j zyk. Strategies that will help your child develop language.
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