New approach listening skills

Children may be slow to develop speech and language skills for a variety of reasons, but often the inability to listen or pay attention to what is being said can have a profound effect on language development. Children with poor... Read more

Down Syndrome – Preventable?

An article in the New Scientist by Aria Pearson reports that one day it may be possible to prevent some of the symptoms of Down’s Syndrome before giving birth. Experiments in mice have raised the hope that some of the developmental... Read more

Baby Signing

Signing is becoming increasingly popular in order to enable babies/toddlers to communicate. This article explains why signing may be useful, some of the types of signing that are used and the effect of signing on speech. Why signing is... Read more

Social Stories

Social stories were oringially developed for use with people with Autism, in order to share information about social skills. However social stories can be used with a range of people to help them understand social... Read more

Autism Understanding Emotions

The team have recently been seeking resources to help our children and young people on the autism spectrum understand emotions. We have three successfu lfinds, that we think you should know about; Space Place A Lancashire... Read more

Colourful Semantics – Autism

Colourful semantics is proving very successful to our children who are on the autism spectrum. Our therapist’s have been using Colourful Semantic with a range of children at their homes and schools. We have been experiencing great... Read more

Early diagnosis of Autism

Tests may help early diagnosis of Autism. Scientists have identified early behaviours and indicators that may help diagnosis of autism. Early diagnosis and treatment could reduce symptoms in later life. Currently, many children are not... Read more

Find a Speech Therapist

Finding a Speech and Language Therapist can seem like an unworldly chore to many clients, parents and carers who contact our team.   Hopefully you can find some degree of support through your local NHS Speech and Language therapy... Read more

Autistic Spectrum Disorder

As a team of speech and language therapists, we see many children who are diagnosed or at the early stages of diagnosis of an Autistic Spectrum Disorder. We also see young adults who are living with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder.At... Read more

What is Speech Therapy?

Speech therapy is the more commonly used abbreviation for the longer term Speech and Language Therapy, carried out through the work of a Speech and Language Therapist. As the fuller name suggests a speech and Language Therapist is not... Read more