Early Years Speech and Language Therapy

The Health Centres team is a clinic-based service which provides assessment and therapy for children with speech and language difficulties up until the end of nursery year. We are able to see children who have an Islington GP.

We have two clinics:

The Northern Health Centre (Holloway Road, N7)
River Place Health Centre (Essex Road, N1)

We accept referrals directly from parent/carers, or professionals such as health visitors and nursery practitioners working with the child, with parental consent.

We no longer accept referrals from GPs. If you do have concerns please discuss with your health visitor or key worker at your child�s nursery.

Once we receive a referral, we aim to offer the first appointment within six weeks.

We provide specialist support for young children with a range of speech and language needs, including children with Down Syndrome. These may include difficulties with:

Concentrating and listening
Playing and interacting with others
Understanding what others say, e.g. following instructions or questions
Using words and sentences
Saying words clearly

We work closely with the child�s nursery/school and may also liaise with other professionals working with the child, for instance a psychologist, Health Visitor, Paediatrician or Family Support Worker.

Advice and Strategies

Please visit our Advice for Parents and Carers pages.

Printouts and Downloads

Please visit our Advice for Parents and Carers pages.

FAQs

What is the criteria for referral to the team and who can refer?

We accept referrals directly from parent/carers, or professionals such as health visitors and nursery practitioners working with the child, with parental consent.

We no longer accept referrals from GPs. If you do have concerns please discuss with your health visitor or key worker at your child�s nursery.

How long will my child wait for assessment?

Once we receive a referral, we aim to offer the first appointment within six weeks.

How do we work with parents/carers?

We work collaboratively with parents/carers to identify strategies to support the child�s SLT comm dev which can be incorporated in child�s daily activities at nursery and home.