Community Speech and Language Therapy – Sefton

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Our Sefton community service works with children from the Sefton area who are experiencing difficulties with communication and/or eating and drinking. We provide assessment, advice and therapy, and have an open referral system with parental consent.

We work in collaboration with parents or carers and other professionals in a variety of settings, including clinics, schools, nurseries, and occasionally in the family home.

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Who do we work with?

We can help children from birth to 18 years who have difficulties in the following areas:

• Listening and attention
• Play and interaction
• Understanding and using language
• Social communication
• Speech sound production
• Fluency
• Voice
• Eating, drinking and swallowing (community based non-emergency)

How can we help?

We can offer a full assessment of your child’s communication and language skills. Following this, you may be offered:

• Parent training groups
• Therapy in a group setting or on an individual basis
• Programmes of therapy activities for home/nursery or school
• Advice and support for parents, carers and other professionals
• A referral on to other professionals

What will happen at the first appointment?

This will last approximately 60 minutes and will involve a discussion with you about your child’s development and an assessment of your child’s communication skills.

Assessment may include play, observation and looking at pictures and books where appropriate. Depending on the age of your child we may also carry out some formal assessments. We will discuss the outcome of the assessment with you, so that together we can decide on the best way to meet your child’s needs.

Useful websites

• Speech and Language UK
• Afasic – A voice for life
• Talking Point
• British Stammering Association
• National Autistic Society
• Action for Stammering Children
• BBC – Tiny Happy People

Advice leaflets

Here you can find some general advice on ways to support your child’s speech, language and communication. You can find further information on the recommended websites above or you can contact us.

Information for professionals

Referrals to the service can be made by downloading and completing our referral form, (or contact the department for a referral form) and returning to our main base, listed below.

Please provide as much detail as possible about the child’s speech, language and communication needs and the impact on the child. All referrals received into the department are clinically triaged and accepted if there is enough detail about the need for assessment.