Processes for Communication

Speech and language assessments are a complicated process and are different for each client. The therapist is looking to establish the child?s communication strengths and weaknesses, and identify any communication breakdowns. Specifically... Read more

ITS Around the World

Previously Integrated Treatment Services  have been able to offer speech and language therapy services in Leicestershire and the East Midlands. We have also been able to offer the services of associated health and education professionals... Read more

Speech Development

 A child’s acquisition of speech follows a relatively typical pattern of development. The basic units of speech are ‘speech sounds’ and these are typically acquired in a systematic, chronological manner by typically developing... Read more

Boys and SEN

The Telegraph reported this week on recent data published by the Department of Education about children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). You can read the article in full here:... Read more

Getting Ready for Court

"Justice? Not if defendants can’t engage fully with the trial." So reads the headline from The Guardian’s ‘You Told Us’ series blog. It discusses the difficulties young people with speech, language and communication needs face when... Read more

Phonics Checks

Several national newspapers and news services have reported recently about the government-implemented ‘Phonics screening check’, which began this month for six year olds throughout the country. The phonics check was implemented by... Read more

Language and Holidays

With summer holidays upon us, many parents and families are thinking about creative ways to keep the kids happy and healthy over the summer months. One organisation actively involved in working with children with speech, language and... Read more

Parents to Control SEN Budgets

The Guardian reported this week on what "the government described as the biggest reform of SEN for 30 years". You can read their article in full here:... Read more

Ofsted and Communication

  Children’s communication charity ‘I CAN’ reported recently on developments within Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. Ofsted is an impartial, independent body that reports directly... Read more

Lesley Garrett and Voice

The Mirror reported on an interesting speech and language issue last week: voice. The soprano singer Lesley Garrett was interviewed about her fear of losing her voice when she suffered a vocal fold haemorrhage during a concert. You can... Read more