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The specialist stammering team are based at Flockton House in Nether Edge, but we also run a clinic in Firth Park. We work with children and young people under the age of 16, and there is also an adult service for people over 16. Up to 8 percent of children will stammer between the ages…...
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What is pre-teaching vocabulary? Pre-teaching vocabulary is a language intervention to develop your child’s ability to understand and use vocabulary in their environment and to engage with curriculum work. What are vocabulary difficulties? Children with vocabulary difficulties find it hard to...
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What is the communication support framework? The communication support framework is a framework developed by the speech and language therapy service in Sheffield Children’s Hospital. It is based on the Communication At The Heart of the School framework (CATHS). The communication support...
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What is the communication support framework? The communication support framework is a framework developed by the speech and language therapy service in Sheffield Children’s Hospital. It is based on the Communication At The Heart of the School framework (CATHS). The communication support...
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What is the communication support framework? The communication support framework is a framework developed by the speech and language therapy service in Sheffield Children’s Hospital. It is based on the Communication At The Heart of the School framework (CATHS). The communication support...
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What is the communication support framework? The communication support framework is a framework developed by the speech and language therapy service in Sheffield Children’s Hospital. It is based on the Communication At The Heart of the School framework (CATHS). The communication support...
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What is the communication support framework? The communication support framework is a framework developed by the speech and language therapy service in Sheffield Children’s Hospital. It is based on the Communication At The Heart of the School framework (CATHS). The communication support...
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What is the communication support framework? The communication support framework is a framework developed by the speech and language therapy service in Sheffield Children’s Hospital. It is based on the Communication At The Heart of the School framework (CATHS). The communication support...
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What is the communication support framework? The communication support framework is a framework developed by the speech and language therapy service in Sheffield Children’s Hospital. It is based on the Communication At The Heart of the School framework (CATHS). The communication support...
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What is the communication support framework? The communication support framework is a framework developed by the speech and language therapy service in Sheffield Children’s Hospital. It is based on the Communication At The Heart of the School framework (CATHS). The communication support...
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What is the narrative intervention programme? The narrative intervention programme (NIP), is a small group language intervention designed by the speech and language therapy service in Sheffield to develop your child’s ability to sequence their ideas to retell a story, or something that has...
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What is the vocabulary improvement programme? The vocabulary improvement programme (VIP), is a small group language intervention designed by the speech and language therapy service in Sheffield to develop your child’s ability to learn new words or vocabulary. What are vocabulary difficulties?...
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Communication is complex and involves lots of different skills. On this page, we are thinking about children who are starting to develop their communication skills. A child might not be talking, but they might be doing lots of other things to communicate. It is important for us to recognise, respond...
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How can I use singing to support communication? Lots of children love singing and listening to singing. We can bring that into our every day play and routines. This can support their communication development. Singing and visual support By adding some kind of visual support, we can help children to...
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What is the language enrichment activity programme? The language enrichment activity programme (LEAP), is a small group language intervention designed by the speech and language therapy service in Sheffield to develop your child’s ability to understand and use up to 4 key words or...
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What is imitation? Imitation is copying other people. It can include copying their: Actions, using objects, for example, shaking a maraca, rolling a ball Gestures and body movements, for example, clapping, waving Sounds and words Children use imitation right from being a tiny baby, throughout early...
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What are fun words? We all use short fun words that are great for getting a child’s attention. They are easy to say while you are playing together. You can even create extra opportunities to use the words lots and lots. Fun words usually have a nice sing-song melody. This is particularly good for...
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Some children use phrases that seem out of context, but they might be using it to show a link between something. If we can do ‘the detective work’, and find out where a phrase has come from, it can help us understand what a child means. Gestalt are connected to emotion or an experience...
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Here are some strategies that we can use for all gestalt language processors (GLPs). You can use for them for GLP children at any stage. At Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, we use these strategies alongside other ways to help your child communicate. For example, visual support or Makaton...
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What is gestalt language processing? There are 2 ways that children can learn language. These are analytic language processing (ALP) and gestalt language processing (GLP). Some children use a mix of both types of language learning. We still need more research about gestalt language processing....
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There are 6 stages of gestalt language development. This webpage looks at stage 1 and 2. Stage 1 At stage 1, children use scripts that they have copied from other people or places. These are often linked to times when they were feeling big emotions like excitement or frustration. They might echo...
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There are 6 stages of gestalt language development. This webpage looks at stage 3 and 4. Stage 3 Children at stage 3 are starting to pull out single words from longer gestalts. They also start to make new 2 word combinations. This can sound like they are going backwards, because at stage 1 they...
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How can we help children to learn more gestalts? We can support children who are gestalt language processors (GLPs) by modelling phrases. We can do this during play and everyday activities together. To increase the number of scripts a child knows, adults should: Model phrases that are functional....
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