Supporting Children:Development

Supporting Children: Development

Children who experience challenges in their daily functioning don't reach milestones on par with
their peers.

With speech, language and communication, this causes difficulties both emotionally and socially.

Neurophysical and sensory difficulties limit a child in other ways, because they can struggle with completing tasks due to weakness, poor posture, balance, motor skills or sensory overload.

Speech and Language therapy (SLT)

Find it hard to say sounds/words?
Use shorter sentences than their peers?
Get ‘stuck’ on words?
Finds it difficult to answer why or how questions?
Find it difficult to tell you about their day at school/cheder?
Find it difficult to play with others/ make friends?
Find it difficult to express emotions?
Say inappropriate things to others?

We offer individual speech and language sessions that are focused on children’s specific targets.

Sessions may include:

Sequencing exercises to develop narrative skills and Increasing length of sentences and expanding vocabulary.
Work on narrative skills to improve ability to retell events and stories using visual story prompts.
Build up emotional literacy through a range of therapy methods.
Word finding difficulties' through building up vocabulary and improving categorisation skills.
Role play and social emotional learning will support the development of these skills.

Clear speech
Expanded vocabulary
Improved receptive language to access curriculum
Improved social skills
Improved confidence and self-esteem
Improved participation in class
Improved emotional literacy

Rina didn't raise her hand in class to answer questions as she was worried the words would get stuck. After a block of speech therapy, Rina's confidence had grown and with her new found strategies and the teacher receiving the adequate support she was able to participate. In Rina's words, "now the teacher can see I know the answers like everyone else!"

Speech and Language Group

Improving communication skills alongside peers allows for generalisation and acceptance amongst friends.

We offer social skills groups or language group sessions that are focused on each child’s specific targets.

Sessions include activities that facilitate conversation building, understanding others perspective and skills to support solving social problems and building relationships with peers.

Occupational therapy

We offer:

Increased independence in day-to-day tasks.
Improved academic skills.
Improved organisational skills.
Improved fine and gross motor skills.
Improved confidence and self-esteem.
Improved sensory processing.

We did a load of exercises and funnily enough I can now put together old information with new stuff we’ve learnt. It’s like my brain has been rewired – awesome!

Pinny, age 10

Physiotherapy

Motor Skills/Exercise Groups

We offer exercise group sessions that are focused on children’s individual targets in a group setting.

Sessions include fun-filled exercise and fitness activities designed to build endurance, balance and coordination.