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  • Paying for our service by Direct Debit

    We’ve decided to GoCardless to make paying for our Speech & Language Therapy services easier! If you are one of our families you’ll soon receive an email from us with instructions on how to set yourself up (it literally takes seconds).  If you don’t want to wait for the email simply pop over to: https://dashboard.gocardless.com/api/paylinks/0YCC5EQHMH

  • NICE Guidelines and Diagnosing Autism – What You Should Know

    At London Speech Therapy, we think it’s best to avoid confusing terminology. That’s why we use plain English and offer simple explanations of some of the more confusing jargon that gets thrown around when you start to interact with healthcare professionals. With that in mind, for the first in our new series of blogs, we’re…

  • A Five-Minute Look at Fragile X Syndrome

    At London Speech Therapy, we often work with children who have Fragile X Syndrome, and sometimes we meet children who have only recently been diagnosed. The parents of these children are understandably full of questions about the syndrome, so we thought it would be useful to write a brief overview answering a few of these…

  • Joint Attention and Autism Explained

    Joint Attention and Autism Explained When two people are both focussed on the same thing, it is known as joint attention. It doesn’t matter what they’re focussed on (it could be a person, an object, an event, even a concept) just that they’re sharing a common focus. It’s an important part of the way people…

  • Selective Mutism

    Selective Mutism is a type of severe anxiety disorder that causes sufferers to be unable to speak in certain situations, despite their often being fully capable of speaking in others. It can affect both children and adults, but the condition generally starts in early childhood, between 2.7 and 4.1 years of age. Selective Mutism is…

  • Speech Therapy in Schools – Can your school afford to commission a Private Speech & Language Therapist?

    When you see “private speech therapy” and “Harley Street” it’s very easy to equate this to “too expensive for us” however we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by our School Fee Structure.   We currently provide therapy to more than 32 schools across London, Redbridge and Gravesend.  These schools ‘buy in’ from two days per term…

  • Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT)

    What does PROMPT mean? PROMPT stands for Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets and is a therapy technique that targets a patient’s communication difficulties from a physical sensory perspective. It combines not only the physical sensory domains (i.e., muscle motor planning) but also the social emotional (i.e., attention and listening, reciprocal turn taking) as well as the cognitive domain (i.e.,…

  • KBBO Group acquire 80% of London Speech Therapy, Psychology and Allied Services

    Whilst Emily Kirchin and Mairead Donnelly are the Director of London Speech Therapy, Psychology and Allied Services, in December 2017 80% of the company was bought by the United Arab Emirates based KBBO Group.  KBBO Group is a diversified holding company with operations across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States who’s Healthcare Portfolio includes New…

  • “My child is late to talk, and their peers seem to be using more words and sentences than them. What can I do?”

    –  Create opportunities for your child to communicate with you.  Try not to anticipate all of your child’s needs so that they have a reason to communicate with you.  For example, put favourite toys in sight but out of reach for example in a clear container they can’t open themselves or up on a high shelf…

  • “My child is hard to understand. Their speech is unclear and sometimes I can’t understand what they are saying. What can I do?”

    –  Model back words that are unclear.  There should be no expectation for your child to repeat this back to you. Just providing the correct model is beneficial. –  Play with your child face to face.  This encourages your child to see your face and mouth, which will aid speech sound development. –  Reduce background noise.  Where possible switch…