by chris | Jun 22, 2020 | South Wales Speech Therapy
Calling something a ‘delay’ and not a ‘disorder’ is a wholly tactical move Local Authorities and the NHS uses when writing reports for Statutory Assessments. Why? Because delays are understood to spontaneously ‘catch-up’ (via universal services) and disorders require...
by chris | Jun 19, 2020 | South Wales Speech Therapy
Over the past 2 months I’ve had 16 SEN tribunals booked in and 5 go ahead; 3 be moved to a later date and 5 LAs concede before the date. The final 3 were a lovely example of what happens when 2-3 SLTs meet and are given authority by parents / LA to negotiate. I don’t...
by chris | Jun 8, 2020 | South Wales Speech Therapy
Apologies for the layout and abbreviations in the below post as I’ve just posted it on twitter and copied it on to here for those of you who don’t follow me on twitter. I’m incredibly passionate about what I do and in ensuring the young people I work with are given...
by chris | May 26, 2020 | South Wales Speech Therapy
When it comes to Education Health Care Plans (EHCP, England) and Statements (Wales) there’s a very common pattern I see as an independent Speech & Language Therapist and expert witness… Step 1 – Discharge child from NHS Speech & Language Therapy...
by chris | May 23, 2020 | South Wales Speech Therapy
Lockdown has been a massive pain in the backside and I could write for hours about what the negatives are. Instead I’m going to reframe and invite you all to do the same: Instead of being on the road for 25-30 hours a week it takes me 2 mins to walk to my office. I’ve...
by chris | May 13, 2020 | South Wales Speech Therapy
If you’re looking for someone to work on your child’s speech intelligibility / speech sounds I’m certainly not the person for you! Whilst it’s something within my experience there are lots of more skilled Speech & Language Therapists with...
