Help end medical misogyny. Sign our petition.

Help end medical misogyny.
Sign our petition.

Sign the petition

Please or to access all these features

Children's health

Mumsnet doesn't verify the qualifications of users. If you have medical concerns, please consult a healthcare professional.

Speech therapist in Central London for 6 yo with list

6 replies

Preminstreltension · 20/11/2015 16:26

Can anyone recommend anyone who we can see privately? DS (just six) has a lisp but as well as that (thock for sock) will often do a sort of reverse lisp (srew for threw). He's been assessed at school who agree that he has a lisp but the local authority / health authority only provide help if it's impacting on the child's phonics or reading because they can't actually hear the difference between the sounds. That's not the case here - his reading and phonics is fine - but we do need to get some attention on it as people are starting to comment.

thanks

OP posts:
Preminstreltension · 20/11/2015 16:27

ARGH - he's got a lisp not a list!

OP posts:
Preminstreltension · 21/11/2015 21:02

hopeful Saturday night bump

OP posts:
ShoeJunkie · 21/11/2015 21:05

You can find private SLTs on the ASLTIP website ASLTIP

ktmummy1 · 22/11/2015 21:18

Has he got his 2nd teeth yet? This can change/improve lisps. ASLTIP would be your port of call. Also there is a website run by a charity calle AFASIC (action for all speech impaired children), loads of info/advice on this. In my area, SLTs in the NHS would not routinely treat a child with a lisp until 8 and even then, only if it was affecting overall intelligibility of speech.

Preminstreltension · 23/11/2015 09:59

Thanks for the messages. No he hasn't got any second teeth yet - interesting to hear that that could change things. Will do some research on that website. thanks again

OP posts:
Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 23/11/2015 10:07

Ruth Jacobs and her team are truly amazing!
www.ruthjacobs.org.uk

New posts on this thread. Refresh page