Top Tips and Resources

Downloads: – Top Tips for Unclear Speech Advice Sheet (Early Years)

School age handout- to be decided by Link SLTs

Embed: Sorting out Sounds videos

• Link:
• What to expect at each age and what you can do to help develop speech sounds at home https://ican.org.uk/media/1278/speech-sounds-factsheet.pdf

Download: Top tips for Social Communication handout

Useful websites for social communication/ASD

National Autistic Society:  https://www.autism.org.uk/

Bristol Autism Support website:  https://www.bristolautismsupport.com

Download: Top tips hand out for stammering

https://ican.org.uk/media/1769/stammering-factsheet.pdf

Useful websites:

The British Stammering Association (now trading as STAMMA): https://stamma.org/

The Fluency Trust: https://thefluencytrust.org.uk/

Action for Stammering Children: https://actionforstammeringchildren.org/

Stambassadors: https://actionforstammeringchildren.org/get-involved/stambassadors/

Helpful videos:

‘Stamma’ have a series of very helpful videos: https://stamma.org/resources/video-audio

7 Tips for Talking with the Child who Stutters (stuttering means the same as stammering):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTpckAufNDE

Download: Top tips handout for Deafness/hearing impairment to be added to website over next few months. (Also possible translation of parts of website into BSL)

Useful websites for Deafness/hearing impairment:

National Deaf Children’s Society: https://www.ndcs.org.uk/

Auditory Verbal UK: https://www.avuk.org/

Videos of BSL signs: https://www.signbsl.com/

Elizabeth Foundation: https://www.elizabeth-foundation.org/

Family centre (for Deaf children in Bristol and surrounding areas): https://fcdc.org.uk/

We work closely with the Audiology department and West of England Hearing Implant Programme (WEHIP) at St Michaels Hospital, as well as Teachers of the Deaf (Sensory Support Service). For more information about these services please see websites below:

Teachers of the Deaf: https://sensorysupportservice.org.uk/

West of England Hearing Implant Programme (WEHIP): http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/your-hospitals/other-services-in-bristol/west-of-england-hearing-implant-programme/

Audiology: http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/your-hospitals/st-michaels-hospital/what-we-do/children’s-hearing-centre/

Download: Top tips handout for dysphagia (Coming soon)

Useful websites for Dysphagia:

www.infantandtoddlerforum.org

https://www.makaton.org/ – information and resources for Makaton signing

https://www.widgit.com/ – Symbol resources for supporting communication

https://communicationmatters.org.uk/ – Information and resources for AAC

http://www.callscotland.org.uk/Home/ – Information and resources for AAC

https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/bristol-centre-enablement/services-at-centre/aac-west-service Information on assessments for communication aids

Useful website for any concerns about your child’s voice

Useful strategies to keep your child’s voice healthy: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/conditions-and-treatments/procedures-and-treatments/encouraging-your-child-produce-healthy-voice

Useful website for information about Selective Mutism

An overview of selective mutism: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/selective-mutism/

Information and resources for parents and professionals: http://www.selectivemutism.org.uk/information/information-for-parents/