The Walsall Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) department provides a range of services to children, young people (CYP) with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) and or feeding and swallowing difficulties. We work closely with a range of Professionals in health, social care and education across a variety of settings including schools, clinics and nurseries.
Speech, Language and Communication Needs include the following difficulties:
- Understanding spoken language
- Using spoken language
- Speech sounds
- Social interaction
- Fluency (Stammering)
- Reluctant Talking and Selective Mutism
- Voice Disorders
These difficulties may be the result of or, are associated with:
- Delayed development
- Learning difficulties
- Physical difficulties
- Acquired neurological conditions
- Autism
- Hearing impairment
- Cleft Palate
Children and Young People who speak English as a second language are supported if they are having difficulties in developing their 1st language.