Speech Therapy in Haringey

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Does anyone have expereience of speech therapy in Haringey? I'm asking because my daughter was referred for assessment by her reception teacher last year. The assessment took ages to come through and the communication since has been appalling, and my daughter has only had one therapy session so far.

I have tried to be patient (possibly a mistake but this is all new to me) but I am now chasing the school and the the speech therapist to find out what is supposed to be happening and what is going to happen. To be honest if I am not confident that she is going to get the help she needs I think I will explore private options but I'm not sure how practical this is.

If anyone has advice I would be REALLY grateful.

Thanks for reading.

As fas as I can tell, speech therapy is a bloody nightmare wherever you live! We live in Lancashire and have received appalling speech therapy for our son. It has got a little bit better since we complained and I told them that the approach they were using was not working. You just have to keep on at them I'm afraid.
Good luck

Nat,

Thanks for replying. I'm not really clear whether speech problems on their own (without other language and communication, or other issues) are seen by the school as an educational issue, the only time I get to communicate with the SENCO is if I find her and ask her what is happening. I have had no meeting and nothing in writing - I don't know if this is normal? The lack of communication really annoys me, I really don't know how bad thay think her problems are and whether there might be any particular cause, because I have not had the results of the assessment reported to me.

Sorry that it has not been good for your son, I have read that there is a shortage of SALTs but I'm not sure if that really means that there is a shortage of funding to pay them to do the necessary work.

As a private option you could consider the Ruth Jacobs practice in Golders Green. She used to own a well-known practice in Welbeck St in the West End, so don't get the two confused. I don't have contact info but could get it for you. I have lots of friends in Haringey so could ask for other recommendations.

Davros,

Thanks for that. Have googled Ruth Jacobs and it looks like a good option (although something about the website makes me think its going to be expensive!), easily accessable from where we live.

Any other suggestions are welcome as I want to find out what our options are and not waste any more time. I also want to make sure she gets the therapy she needs with as little fuss and disruption to her education as possible and without causing too much disruption to her brother who is also at school.

Two of my friends have recommended Belinda Buckley. She has a good website at www.belindabuckley.co.uk/
HTH