School and Education Services — Little Voices Therapy

Explore Our School and Education Services

Flexible Speech and Language Therapy support for nurseries, primary schools, secondary schools and specialist settings.

Support can be tailored to the needs of individual pupils, staff teams or the wider school environment.

Comprehensive assessment of a pupil’s speech, language and communication skills within the education setting. 
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Classroom observation
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Discussion with staff and parents
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Formal and informal assessment
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Identification of strengths and areas of need

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Individual recommendations
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Written report where required
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Advice around appropriate next steps
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What We Offer

School-Based Assessments

Individual Therapy & Intervention

Targeted 1:1 or small-group intervention delivered within school.
Therapy can support areas including:

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Speech sound development
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Receptive and expressive language
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Developmental Language Disorder
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Vocabulary and curriculum language
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Narrative skills
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Social communication
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Attention and listening
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Functional communication
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Therapy Programmes for School Staff

Clear, practical programmes that school staff can carry out between SLT sessions.

Each programme can include:

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Individual communication targets
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Suggested activities
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Step-by-step instructions
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Resources and examples
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Strategies for the classroom
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Guidance on monitoring progress
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Staff Training

Bespoke training designed around the needs of your setting.
Training topics can include:

Understanding Developmental Language Disorder

Identifying speech, language and communication needs

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Blank Levels
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Supporting receptive language
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Supporting expressive language
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Vocabulary development
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Communication-friendly classrooms
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Autism and neurodivergent communication
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Supporting pupils with SLCN in secondary school

Consultation & Whole-School Support

Ongoing SLT input can help schools develop more communication-friendly practice across the setting.
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Staff consultations
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Advice around referrals
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Classroom observations
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Support with universal and targeted provision

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Communication checklists
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Resource development
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Review meetings
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Liaison with parents and other professionals

EHCP Support

Speech and Language Therapy input to support the EHCP process.
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Assessment
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Advice for Sections B and F
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Recommended outcomes
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Provision recommendations
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Review of existing targets
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Annual review input
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Written professional reports
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Termly SLT Packages

For schools wanting ongoing support, termly packages can be created around the needs of the setting.

Packages may include a combination of:

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Assessments
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Therapy
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Reviews
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Staff training
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Consultation
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Programmes
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Parent meetings
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Whole-school advice
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Packages can be tailored depending on pupil numbers, level of support and frequency of SLT input.