Good Communication Speech & Language Therapy in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire & Somerset
Therapy
A typical SLT programme of therapy involves:
- Assessment of clients in terms of their communication ability
- Provision of a Speech and Language Therapy report based on the assessment
- Recommendations for action
- Provision of individual, paired, or group therapy as appropriate
- Provision of SMARTT targets (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timed, Transferable)
- Training, advice and support to staff
- Provision of specialist materials as needed
Assessments
A typical SLT assessment comprises:
- Examination of existing diagnoses, especially noting any mention of hearing difficulties.
- Communication Profile includes student’s self-assessment (e.g. for ease of communicating with friends, talking with "authority figures" etc); tests of various language skills of comprehension and expression e.g. auditory memory, familiarity with figures of speech; motivation to make changes.
- Standardised vocabulary tests – e.g. British Picture Vocabulary Scales (BPVS), Adapted Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Tests (ACREVT).
- Physical observation
- Any other relevant tests, e.g. the Friendship Skills Self-Assessment, Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF), Goodenough Draw-A-Man Test, Conversation Strategies Checklist.
