The speech and language therapy children's service is a team of speech and language therapists, bilingual co-workers and admin support staff, based across Tower Hamlets, delivering speech and language therapy services to children and young people under the age of 16.
The service aims to:
- provide a promotion and prevention service in collaboration with local Sure Start Children's Centres, Children's Fund and other partners,
- provide diagnostic assessment and management of communication and feeding difficulties for children referred to the service,
- provide services to children with a statement of special educational needs specifying speech and language therapy in mainstream schools, specialist resource educational provision and some special schools in the borough,
- offer service-level agreements to individual schools on request,
- provide training and support to Sure Start Children's Centres, schools and families regarding speech and language development.
What services are provided?
We offer a wide range of services, including:
- promotion and prevention activities aimed at supporting speech, language and communication development,
- group and individual screening and diagnostic assessment,
- group and individual therapy,
- advice and consultation to professionals and families in supporting speech, language and communication development,
- training packages for staff and professionals.
Where is the service provided?
Our services are provided in a variety of settings including health centres, schools, nurseries, specialist schools and units, community locations and in the client’s home.
How to get an appointment
We have an “open referral” system, allowing us to accept a referral for a child from anyone involved with the child as long as the parents/carers have consented to the referral. This includes referrals directly from parents/carers.
Contact us
For further information, please contact us.
