Speech and Language Therapy
Good communication skills allow us to play our part in family, education, work and community life. Speech and language therapy supports children and young people with communication difficulties to reach their potential.
We offer support to children and young people of all ages; from new born babies to children in school, through to the transition to adult services. As well as helping with communication we work with eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties.
Our friendly and highly skilled team of speech and language therapists and assistant practitioners provide support in a variety of settings. We aim to tailor our service around each individual and their needs. We work in clinics, schools, hospitals and clients' own homes across the locality.
While most of our referrals come from GP's, schools, hospitals and health visitors, we run an open referral system. This means you can refer yourself or your child by contacting us directly.
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Speech and Language Therapy Department
- Telephone
- 01429 522717
- nth-tr.sltadmin@nhs.net
- Website
- www.nth.nhs.uk/.../children
Where to go
- Name
- Speech and Language Therapy Department
- Address
-
University Hospital Hartlepool
Holdforth Road
Hartlepool
- Postcode
- TS24 9AH
- Notes
This isĀ our address for correspondence only - we see children and families in a range of clinics, schools and early years settings across Stockton.
Time / Date Details
- When is it on
- Open Monday to Friday 8am-5pm
Other Details
Availability
- Referral required
- Yes
- Referral Details
We have an open referral system - anyone can refer to our service, including parents and carers. Please phone us to find out more.
Local Offer
- Description
We work with children and young people, from birth to 19 years old, who have speech, language and communication needs or difficulties with eating, drinking and swallowing. As well as occurring on their own, these difficulties are common in children who have other diagnoses such as autism spectrum disorder, learning difficulties or cerebral palsy. Speech, language and communication needs might include difficulties in:
- Making the sounds needed for your speech to be understood by other people
- Putting words and sentences together to ask for something, tell a story or hold a conversation
- Making sense of what other people say to you
- Understanding and using body language and eye contact
- Stammering, where sounds or words are repeated or need a lot of effort to produce
- A persistently unusual voice quality, which might sound harsh, breathy or hoarse
As well as working directly with children and young people we support their families and carers, their teachers and other adults around them. We aim to help children develop their best possible communication skills, taking into account their individual abilities and needs.
We also aim to help educate the wider population to understand and promote children's language development, and we provide training and support to a wide range of professionals who work with the children.
- Contact Name
- Lisa Piggott
- Contact Telephone
- 01429 522717
- Contact Email
- nth-tr.sltadmin@nhs.net
- Local Offer Age Bands
-
Secondary
Primary
Early Years
Transition to Adulthood - SEN Provision Type
- Specialist