Speech and Language Therapy

The team

The team support children and young people across North Lincolnshire with Speech, Language and Communication needs. They also work with children who have feeding and swallowing difficulties.

Speech and Language Therapists are members of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and the Health and Care Professions Council.

They help children with:

Using speech sounds
Understanding language
Putting words together
Developing vocabulary
Stammering/Stuttering
Selective Mutism
Feeding/swallowing

A mix of any of the above.

Pathways

Each Service within the Children’s Therapy Team has a detailed pathway showing the steps that take place following referral as well as the journey your child may take after assessment. Further Information about services can be accessed through the NLaG Children’s Therapy Teams webpage or NLaG Speech and Language webpage.

Speech and Language Therapy Intervention pathway [PDF, 187Kb]
North Lincolnshire Speech and Language Therapy Referral pathway and criteria [PDF, 411Kb]

(The documents above may not be fully accessible. If you need a copy in an alternative format, please contact fis@northlincs.gov.uk)

For further information including how to make a referral to the team, visit the NHS website. Further information on Referral Pathways for Therapy Support is also available on this website.