Children's Speech and Language Therapy

What do we do?

Our Locala Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) work with children aged 0-18 years who have communication and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties. These children may experience difficulties in the following areas:

Being able to listen and pay attention
Understanding words and instructions
Talking in words and sentences
Difficulties with pronunciation of speech sounds
Social communication and interaction
Stammering
Eating, drinking & swallowing

Our SLT team provides assessment and advice within each of these areas.

There are many reasons why children may have such difficulties and they can be as a result of language disorders, speech sound difficulties, learning disabilities, developmental or biomedical conditions, stammering, Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), hearing impairment and physical difficulties.

Please note: Between 1st June and 1st July 2024 no new referrals will be accepted by the service for communication needs. This is to allow time to introduce a new referral process, aimed at increasing the quality of referrals and providing a more supportive wait for children/young people and their families.

It will still be possible to make eating, drinking and swallowing referrals throughout this period via this link locala.org.uk/ereferrals/childrens-speech-and-language-feeding-north-only

Patient story

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At Locala Health and Wellbeing we are committed to our patients, and the wider community, is at the heart of all that we do. We want to hear what our patients and communities are saying, and involve you in how our community healthcare services are delivered. There are different ways you can get involved including:

Becoming a member - be better informed about Locala and our services, and receive invitations to complete surveys, attend events, be a mystery shopper, look at patient feedback and join in discussions - you can be involved as much, or as little, as you like.

Volunteering to work directly with our services - you can use your skills and experiences to support our services and benefit our patients.

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