Speech and Language Service for families, young people and children
Leicestershire Partnership NHS trust provides a team of speech and language therapists and support workers
Referrals
As a school professional or early years provider, you are able to refer children aged 0 to 16 years and young people aged 16 to 19 years in statutory school education - such as special school provision - to the Speech and Language Service.
You'll need to make sure that any child or young person you refer meets the following criteria:
- an inability to communicate his/her basic needs at the level of their peers
- speech, language and communication difficulties that are severely restricting social interaction
- speech, language and communication difficulties that are significantly affecting ability to access the curriculum
- language difficulties – for example, in understanding spoken language, in expressive language, in using language for social interaction
- speech sound difficulties
- a difficulty speaking fluently – for example stammering or stuttering
- voice difficulties
- eating and drinking difficulties