Cerebra Grants & Speech Therapy Vouchers

[Davros]

Cerebra is an organization that helps brain injured children including children with autism, aged 5 - 16. They offer a number of grants towards the costs of therapies or specialist toys or learning items such as computers, laptops, educational software, trampolines, sensory items, etc. They no longer offer grants towards holidays.
However they do now offer a voucher scheme offering up to £500 of speech and language therapy per child per year through private speech and language therapists which can be delivered at home and is applicable to under 5s also. To be eligible for the scheme, you must meet the following criteria:
? They will only be accepting children aged 16 and under who have a neurological, brain-related condition. If they are school-age, the child must have an SEN Statement or be on School Action Plus .
? The child must not have received speech therapy in the last 6 months (unless they have just received a very few hours of group style speech and language therapy in school which Cerebra recognises as being of little use to our children., or input where the SLT is merely telling the TA or classroom assistant how to deliver the therapy, but not actually delivering the therapy directly to the child)
? To receive a Voucher, you will need to fill out an application form. Download from the Cerebra website (Home Page, go to Speech Therapy)
? You will need to send in a reference with your application. If your child is school age, the reference must come from the school. Otherwise it should be from a professional who works with your child (health professional, social worker, Portage worker.) The letter needs to confirm your child?s condition and recommend speech therapy.
If successful, the voucher is worth up to £500 of SLT. They will be using speech and language therapists who are members of the Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (ASLTIP). All ASLTIP therapists are certified members of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and registered with the Health Professions Council. With the voucher, Cerebra can send you a list of ASLTIP therapists in your geographical area. You will need to contact a therapist who is able to help your child. The therapist must invoice Cerebra direct for payment. If you have any questions please call Alex on 0800 328 1159 or e-mail [email protected].

[getbackinyouryurtjimjams]

wow thanks Davros- that's useful for lots of people I'm sure.

[moondog]

Blimey.Excellent news!

[TotalChaos]

bumping this very worthy scheme.

[Davros]

I cut and pasted it from a NAS branch newsletter. If anyone tries to access this please let us know what happens, I'd be interested....

[heartinthecountry]

Wow, thanks Davros - perfect timing! I have just found a private SALT for dd1 but was worried about the cost (see my other post!). I'll let you know what happens.

As always you are a font of useful information

How are your lovely dd and ds btw?

[Davros]

Hi HITC, great to hear from you. I hope you manage to take advantage of this scheme. Are you still living in the same place? How is life with 2 DDs? My DS and DD are fine and life is relatively a breeze with DS away at excellent residential school. 5 year old madam is nothing by comparison! So far it is the best of both worlds for all of us. He comes back often (all of next week) and was home the weekend before last. Time flies actually. We now have a gorgeous cat which I joke with people is a substitute for DS, you should see their faces!

[heartinthecountry]

Hi

Yes, we are still in the same place. Life with 2 dd's is mostly good - hectic but good. dd2 is full-on but so so much easier than dd1 - not necessarily in a practical sense but because I just don't worry about her. Give me a stroppy toddler any day!

Sounds like things have worked out well with your ds. Really pleased about that. And can't believe your dd is 5!!!