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
Useful links to other Speech and Language Therapy
Leeds Community Health Care
- Top Ten Tips for Talking and our Language Pyramid
- Speech and Language Therapy Toolkit contains advice, activities and general resources to help with the development of children and young people’s speech, language and communication skills.
Stammering
- Stamma.org is a great website for further information regarding stammering.
Resources for parents
- Mommy Speech Therapy provides tips and techniques for parents, as parents we have the greatest impact on our children’s language development.
- The Communication Trust
- Tiny Happy People is a fantastic BBC advice and resources for parents
- Hungry Little Minds Campaign
