Services I offer

Free initial Phone call or Teams meeting

  • Assessment

  • Therapy sessions (at your home, school, or preschool)

  • Online therapy sessions

  • Training

  • Working in your school or nursery

Assessment

All children will need an assessment first before further therapy. This is so I can understand your child’s needs and what support is best. I base all decisions on clinical need and therefore I cannot guarantee I will be able to provide therapy sessions after the assessment (this is usually if the need is very mild or it is outside of my skill area).

There are 3 assessment options I offer

Standard Assessment

(best for a child with a single, non-complex need)

60 minute assessment

Strategies and advice given.

No waiting list for firther therapy sessions (if appropriate).

Brief written summary report provided (a more detailed report is optional extra)

Detailed assessment

(best for a child more severe or complex needs)

60-90 minute assessment

Strategies and advice given.

No waiting list for further therapy sessions (if appropriate).

Brief written summary report provided (a more detailed report is optional, but recommended)

Specialist advice and targets given

Formal Assessment

(best for where there is a formal need relating to school provision or other need)

2x 60 minute assessment sessions

Strategies and advice given.

No waiting list for further therapy sessions (if appropriate).

In-depth written report provided

Specialist advice and targets given

Guidance on level of support needed given

Initial phone call or teams meeting

This is free and a chance to talk through what your concerns are and what you feel your child’s needs. It is also a chance for you to ask me any questions and hear about how I work with children. 

Therapy

I focus on demonstrating, explaining, coaching and encouraging you to understand and feel confident in supporting your child’s communication growth. I am flexible and take a playful approach, ensuring that ideas fit into your life and routines.

The therapy option I offer are below. If longer support is requested, I can offer a block of sessions, followed by a short break (4-6 weeks) before another block. This is to allow periods where you can put in place the strategies as well as helping to focus therapy sessions on specific goals.

6 session block

(best for where there is a specific goal or you would like help to build your child’s communication skills)

Usually weekly or fortnightly

45-60 minute sessions

Often play-based, but tailored to your preferences

A plan given to you between sessions

At your home, school or preschool

Brief written summary report provided at the end

3 week block

(best for where there are more general needs, e.g. building early language)

Usually weekly or fortnightly

45-60 minute sessions

Often play-based, but tailored to your preferences

A plan given to you between sessions

At your home, school or preschool

Brief written summary report provided at the end

Advice and review (2 sessions)

(best for straightforward needs or where there is lots going on in your life and brief speech and language therapy suits you. )

Both sessions within a month

45-60 minute sessions

Often play-based, but tailored to your preferences

A plan given to you between sessions

At your home, school or preschool

1 advice session

(where you have limited ability to access therapy or where you would like to do visit your child’s school or preschool)

45-60 minute sessions

play-based

A plan given to you after

EHCP funded regular therapy

I sometimes can offer this after discussing your child’s needs and type of support needed

Online Therapy

This can be a great option to support many children and I have engaging and fun resources to support your child. Your child may be more relaxed and it can fit into a time that suits you.  This approach can also be used to coach you, if this approach works for you. I am happy to see children both locally and internationally.

Examples of teletherapy

  • Speech sounds – I use interactive games to practice specific sounds and related skills. I will then talk through ideas you can do at home and send resources to support this.

  • Coaching – I will watch a video of you and your child playing. We will then watch this back and I will support you to see specific speech and language skills that you are doing and other things you can do. This helps build awareness and learn strategies to help your child’s communication. 

Training

I have extensive experience delivering training to parents, early years and school staff and professionals (e.g. other speech and language therapists and educational psychologists). Please contact me for further information

Whole school or preschool support

I offer various packages from 1/2 day to full day sessions delivered weekly, fortnightly or monthly.

I have extensive experience working in special schools, primary schools and nurseries. This focusses on both building your setting’s skills and capacity to support communication skills, working with specific children, building systems to support communication, working with leaders to develop a vision and strategy to support communication, training and how speech and language can support other areas (behaviour, academic learning, emotional regulation etc).

I am skilled at working at a universal (oracy-focussed), targeted or specialist level. 

After whichever package ends, your child will be discharged or placed back on the waiting list for further therapy. Priority will be given for existing clients for further therapy if there is a waiting list.

About ending therapy

Therapy can come to an end for a variety of reasons and this can sometimes feel hard. I will discuss this openly with you in the sessions if this feels like it may be the best for your child and your family now. I respect there are lots of reasons why you may want to end input – financial, stress or other priorities. Also, ending therapy may be something I feel is in your child’s best interests. This maybe where there is minimal progress in the sessions or the child now only has mild needs. I will also always advice ending therapy if for whatever reason, the strategies and recommendations haven’t been done regularly between sessions.

Get In Touch

If you're interested in my services you can get it touch via:

  1. Fill in the form on this page (I will reply within 48 hours)

  2. Email me on kieranenglandslt@gmail.com

  3. Phone me on 07769773981