Priority area

Service provision

Purpose

To enhance the provision of speech therapy for children and to develop in-school programmes and staff with the skills to deliver them.

Membership

Primary headteachers, initially

Date of next meeting

Partners in Talking launch:

14th September, 2.00 - 4.00 at EIP Centre, Rowdown Primary School

OR

21 September, 10.00 - 12.00 at Gonville Primary School

Partners in Talking

Letter to Headteachers

Update to Headteacher

Cluster Groups

Leaflet

Outline

The proposed network will fund a speech and language therapist within the existing speech and language service to work specifically with the schools and their pupils.

The role of the person would be:

• To assess the needs of children referred with speech and language difficulties.
• To work directly with children assessed as in need of specialist treatment.
• To devise individual programmes of support for parents and schools.
• To provide training and information to staff within schools to enable them to provide appropriate support to pupils identified. A network of trained staff could be set up to share practice in this field and to receive training and information.

The professional line management and training will be provided by the Speech and language Service. The strategic deployment of the resource and the priority of the role would be determined by the Partnership corporately and by individual schools in consultation with the therapist.

The role would require a therapist with at least two years experience.