Afasic England | Unlocking Speech and Language

Around 6% of children starting school have SLCN – that’s an average of 2 in every classroom.

1 child in 500 (0.2%) has a severe, long-term difficulty, likely to affect them throughout their lives.

Parents can self-refer to speech and language therapy.

Parents have a legal right to request statutory assessment (the process that must, in law, precede the issuing of a statement).

Recognising a possible difficulty (4,839 hits)
Improving the Making of Sounds (4,522 hits)
Use of words (3,604 hits)
Local groups - January 2012 (3,389 hits)
Other language related skills (2,545 hits)
Improving Poor Motor Skills (2,469 hits)
School Visits - Questions To Ask (2,412 hits)
Early Support Booklet (2,201 hits)
Sample pages from The SLI Handbook - quick preview (1,788 hits)
What do children and young people think about speech, language and communication skills? (1,685 hits)

New download to be published in May 2012 in the Planning for Life After 16 series of factsheets
> Section 139a Assessments

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