Speech and language therapy service information

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NHS Lanarkshire

 

Speech & Language Therapy aims to provide a high quality, evidence based service that is responsive to and meets the needs of children and young people, who experience speech, language, communication or swallowing difficulties.

We work in partnership with families and with other professionals and agencies to reduce the impact of these difficulties on children’s wellbeing and their ability to participate in daily life.

The focus is on supporting children and young people to maximise their ability to communicate and participate in their daily life in education, at home and in their community. We strive to support children and young people to reach their full potential.  We seek to support the child/young person and/or their parents/carers to confidently self-manage their communication.

We offer services in a range of locations including community clinics, schools, other venues in the community and in the patient’s home as appropriate to the child’s and family’s needs.

We provide a range of services including universal, targeted and specialist services. 

Universal Services

Available to all children and their families

  • Training and general advice
  • Resources and materials
  • Telephone Advice Line
  • Website
  • Support and training for wider workforce
  • Support for early intervention and prevention of needs

Targeted Services 

Services that provide support aimed at particular groups of children

  • Parent/care fluency workshop 
  • Early language patient/carer programme 
  • Patient/carer social communication workshops 
  • Nursery groups and programmes run by nursery staff with SLT support 
  • Communication groups and programmes run by school staff with SLT support 
  • Joint working with education staff and target setting 
  • Training aimed at supporting specific groups of children 

Specialist Services 

Provide specific and individualised assessment of needs and treatment plan 

  • Specialist assessment in order to determine needs 
  • Individualised care plan in collaboration with family/carers and  
  • Direct therapy (individual or in groups) 
  • Highly specialist techniques and approaches  

 Our support themes are:

  • Family Support eg parent early communication groups

  • Environment eg advising on adaptations to ensure a communication inclusive environment for children and young people

  • Workforce eg delivering training, coaching and support to the children’s workforce

  • Intervention eg providing evidence based interventions in response to children and young people’s speech, language and communication needs.

The North Locality within the North Community Health Partnership hosts the Speech & Language Therapy Service.

Contact details for local clinics and clinic co-ordinators as well as information on how to request assistance can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions document.

You can also get in touch through our telephone enquiry line (01698 687606), our email enquiry address: sltenquiry@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk or via our facebook  (Speech and Language Therapy NHS Lanarkshire) and twitter pages (@SLTSouthLan @SLTNorth).

 

Information and resources for families

Families and professionals can get in touch with the Speech and Language Thearpy service by telephoning 01698 575707 or emailing sltenquiry@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Families and professionals can also get information and support via the NHS Lanarkshire facebook page, twitter (@SLTNORTH, @SLTSouthLan) or our Youtube page.

You can find here other resources and websites to signpost families to for Early Language Development,  ASD/Social Communication and Bilingualism.