At Castlechurch, we recognise the importance of speech, language and communication as an essential skill for learning and building friendships. While all children develop and different rates, some will require additional support to boost their language and communication skills.
We work closely with Debbie Willshaw from SpeakWrite to ensure our staff are able to identify those children who may require clinical assessment for Speech and Language, whether it be difficulties with articulation, receptive language, expressive language or social use of language. Non-diagnostic Language Progression Assessments are used to help us establish any areas that may need additional school-based intervention. These also help us identify any children who we feel would benefit from further clinical assessment with our local NHS team. We also provide a range of additional intervention groups or 1:1 support to work on strategies such as:
- Cued Articulation
- Attention and Listening Groups
- Attention Autism Groups
- Colourful Semantics
The resources below indicate how you could help your child at home and provide links to useful websites you may wish to explore.
GeneralLeaflet for parents 4-5
Useful websites to support home learning
Stoke Speaks Out Staged Pathway
Autism
Autism Spectrum difficulties are also included in this area of need. You can find further details regarding this condition on the links below: (NB live links can be found in the ‘Self-help’ tab)
Where to get autism support – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Surviving School On The Autistic Spectrum | Blog | YoungMinds
National Autistic Society (autism.org.uk)
Ambitious about Autism | National charity for autistic children and young people