There are various different ways in which a child can be referred to NHS SLT services. ‘Many areas have open referral services, so parents can contact the SLT team directly and ask about how they can have their child assessed,’ Jon explains. You can find out whether open referrals operate...
Such evidence is necessary in order to plan, develop and research services for people with post-stroke dysarthria.To gain an overview of SLT practices in the management of people with dysarthria after stroke in the UK.SLTs in the UK were asked to complete an online survey addressing referral ...
who will then, ideally, work with the Cleft Team to deliver your child’s care. However, cuts to NHS services mean that this isn’t always the case, and in a 2015 survey run by CLAPA, only 55% of parents accessing Speech and Language Therapy said their child got everything they ...
While hearing is not strictly essential to successful language development (see ref.6), overt disturbance of the contributory processes can directly disrupt language development; congenital hearing loss is associated with widespread cognitive deficits in domains including attention, memory and language7. Le...
Welcome to the first newsletter of 2021, in this edition you will find an update on the SEND Transformation project and the new SEND Strategy 2021 - 2024, some good news stories on speech language and communication practices in Devon and the NHS Key Worker pilot. ...
Some authorities advocate the use of this technique for the objective assessment of post-operative velopharyngeal closure, but this is rarely an established standard of care in the National Health Service (NHS). At Great Ormond Street the speech and language therapist is responsible for coordinating...
Early intervention in fluency disorders such as stammering is desirable but this depends on early referral of disfluent children to speech and language therapists. The willingness to refer young disfluent children depends on, among other things, the knowledge and attitudes of primary care practitioners...