SPEECH AND LANGUAGE

Children’s Speech And Language Therapy Service

A Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) works together with parents, carers and other professionals on:

• Early skills needed when learning to talk e.g. attention, play
• Understanding language
• Use of language
• Speech sounds
• Swallowing
• Voice quality
• Different ways of communicating
• Stammering

Hywel Dda health Board Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service step by step guide 

Ideas To Develop Your Child’s Speech And Language In The Home

Supporting your child to develop their speech and language

Hywel Dda Speech And Language Help Cards

Using Sounds

Get your child to make sounds before they take an item from the basket/box/bag

Animal Sounds 

Using animal sounds with your child when playing and pausing

Sensory Play

How to developing sensory play using toys in the house

Nursery Rhymes

How to use nursery rhymes to develop Speech and Language

Bath Time 

Help your child use 2-word phrases during bath time