Information sheets
- Bilingualism – information sheet for parents
- Bilingualism – information sheet for professionals
- Communication Friendly Environments – Schools – information sheet
- Helping a young child’s speech information sheet
- Helping children with Attention and Listening Difficulties information sheet
- Supporting children who stammer information sheet
- Supporting Conversation Skills information sheet
- Vocabulary and word-finding ideas info sheet
- Worried about talking information sheet
Other relevant departments within Warrington
Neurodevelopment Assessment Pathway Service in Warrington
Websites
Stammering advice:
CLAPA
A UK-wide voluntary organisation specifically helping those with, and affected by, cleft lip and palate.
Communication Matters
Charity supporting research and training for those with complex communication needs who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
Contact a Family
Provides support to families with disabled children. It also provides support to professionals.
Developmental Language Disorder
Learn more about DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is a relatively new term used to describe a severe ongoing difficulty with talking and/or understanding what other people say for which there is no obvious cause.
The Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA)
Supports people with Down’s syndrome at every stage of life.
Down Syndrome Education International
Work with parents and teachers worldwide to improve educational outcomes for children with Down Syndrome.
The Hanen Centre
A non-profit organisation who help Parents, Early Years Teachers and Speech and Language Therapists to support children with communication difficulties.
The Makaton Charity
Provides information on the use of symbols and signs for teaching communication, language and literacy.
The Michael Palin Centre
Provide support for people who stammer.
The National Autistic Society
A charity for people with Autism and their families. They provide information, support and services.
The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS)
The leading charity dedicated to supporting deaf children and young people.
National Literacy Trust
For information on how to talk to your young child.
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
The professional body of and for speech and language therapists (SLTs) in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Visit the website to find out more about the role of a speech and language therapist.
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
Provides a wide range of support to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families.
Speech, Language and Communication Framework (SLCF)
A coalition of not-for-profit organisations supporting people who work with children and young people in England to support speech, language and communication.
Speech and Language UK
Speech and Language UK website. They want every child to face the future with confidence.
BBC Tiny Happy People
Tiny Happy People is here to help you develop your child’s language skills, with simple activities and play ideas to help you learn about babies and toddlers’ amazing early development.
Local Support Groups for Parents/Carers
There are many local support groups for families in Warrington, including:
- ADDvanced Solutions
- Downs Syndrome Cheshire
- Families United (Warrington)
- National Autistic Society
- Warrington Parents and Carers
- Warrington SENDIASS – SEND Information, Advice and Support Service
Contact a Family is in touch with hundreds of groups across the UK. Call their freephone helpline on 0808 808 3555 or visit their website at Contact a Family.
You may feel that you need support or would like to talk to somebody about your own feelings and needs. Warrington Primary Care Psychological Service is a free service who offer a wide range of support. You can find more information about this service on their website.