What can we help with?
Children may see a Speech and language therapist if they need help with one or more of the following:
- Speech and sound difficulties
- Delayed talking
- Difficulties understanding
- Stammering
- Feeding difficulties (chewing and swallowing)
- Difficulties interacting
- Word finding difficulties
- Selective mutism (extreme anxiety speaking to others)
- Voice difficulties (persistent loss of or croaky voice)
- Persistently nasal speech
If you are worried about your child's speech and language development, you can find some useful information at www.talkingpoint.org.uk.
If you would like to know more about different sorts of communication difficulties follow this link www.afasic.org.uk/resources/free-downloads/.