Speech
Clear speech helps children be understood by family, friends and teachers, so they can share their ideas and join in. We work on articulation, which is how children shape each sound with their lips, tongue and jaw. We also work on motor planning, the brain’s job of planning and sequencing the movements for speech. We support children with apraxia and stuttering too.
What it can look like
- Swapping sounds: saying “tat” for “cat”
- Dropping sounds: leaving sounds off the start or end of words
- Sound patterns: making the same kind of error across many words
- Hard to understand: understood at home, but not by people who know them less well
- Planning movements: knowing what to say but finding it hard to get the mouth moving, a possible sign of childhood apraxia of speech
What it helps with
- Articulation: saying each sound clearly
- Being understood, so children can share their needs, ideas and feelings
- Saying all the syllables in a word
- Motor planning: planning and sequencing the movements for speech
- Childhood apraxia of speech
- Stuttering
What you get
- Fun, play-based practice of target sounds
- Short practice ideas to use at home
- Strategies for parents to support smooth, confident talking
- Growing confidence to talk, join in and connect with others
- An assessment to find the sounds and patterns to work on first
- Games built around your child's interests, with lots of short practice
- Everyday conversations turned into extra practice
Worried about how your child is talking?
Get in touch for a chat about your child and the best way to get started.