Speech Therapy Lessons

Appointments are usually 45 or 60 minutes long and can be individual or group lessons.

As I work with children as young as 2 and with young adults in their 20’s the content of the lessons varies greatly.

A typical lesson with pre- school or primary school aged children will be 45 minutes long. For most of that lesson I will be working directly with the child using structured play activities to develop their speech, attention, listening or communication skills.

These activities will be particularly designed and produced to suit your child’s needs and will be working towards clear set targets.

At the end of the lesson there will be opportunity to discuss what we have been doing and practice will usually be left for the child to do at home or at school.

These practices are always carefully chosen to ensure that they reinforce and progress what has been learned in the lessons.

Not only will they be achievable for the child but parents

and staff alike will be given guidance and advice so that they feel confident about what they are doing and how to carry out the home practice programme.

Older children usually have 60 minute lessons, most commonly at their schools.

The content of their lessons and the materials used are more formal but still designed and produced to target their particular difficulties.