Speech and

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Speech and Language Therapy
Frank Barnes School Harley Road London NW3 3BN ?
Telephone [phone] For more information
contact your childs Speech and Language
Therapist
This leaflet has been produced in consultation
with the users of the service
Frank Barnes School
Speech and Language Therapy Services Camden
Primary Care Trust Islington Primary Care
Trust Production date December 2007 Review
date December 2008
Camden Primary Care Trust Islington Primary Care
Trust
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Who do we work with?
How do I get in touch?
What do the Speech and Language Therapists do at
Frank Barnes School?

• Contact us on
• ? Telephone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• ? Email
• You can discuss
• Current speech and language therapy work with
  your child
• Progress your child is making in speech and
  language therapy
• Any concerns you may have about your childs
  speech and language development
• Speech and Language Therapy Reports
• Ideas and ways you can help your childs speech
  and language development
• Useful contacts and websites
• National Deaf Childrens Society
• ? Telephone [phone]
• ?Email www.ndcs.org.uk
• North London Deaf Childrens Society
• ? Telephone [phone]

• We provide therapy as appropriate based on
  assessment findings and discussion with the class
  teacher.
• We meet regularly with class teachers and support
  staff to plan and discuss therapy.
• We assess each childs communication and write a
  speech and language therapy report for the annual
  review. Our report is shared with parents/carers,
  teachers, GPs, and other professionals.
• We contribute to each childs individual
  education plan and progress report with the class
  teacher and deaf instructor.
• We contribute to each childs statement of
  special educational needs
• We offer parents/carers the opportunity to
  discuss their childs progress at the annual
  review meeting or at another time by appointment.
• We welcome parents/ carers to be involved in
  their childs therapy and to work together with
  therapists to develop communication at home.
• We provide specific training for parents/carers
  in communication development.
• We provide training related to speech and
  language therapy for school staff and other
  professionals.

• We work with children to develop their language
  and communication, lip-reading and speech-reading
  ability, listening skills, voice and speech.
• We work closely with school staff to deliver
  group, individual and programme work. We also
  provide advice and monitoring on each childs
  progress.
• We liaise with other professionals and services
  including Psychologists, Occupational
  Therapists, Physiotherapists, Audiology Clinics
  and Cochlear Implant Centres.