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

A great way to use puzzles to develop 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
  • Leeds Community Health Care Top 10 Tips for Talking
• 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.
  • Leeds Community Health Care Speech and Language Therapy Toolkit/

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