SERVICES
1-1 Therapy
for children aged 3-11 years who stammer, and their families, nurseries & schools
1-1 Services: Family Session
We’ll talk about your child’s stammer and overall development and any worries you may be experiencing. I’ll explain what stammering is and how you can use strategies to support your child at home and create a happy, stammering friendly environment.
I’ll talk to your child about their own thoughts and feelings about their stammer and if they have any worries. Depending on their age and communication needs, I may use stories, drawings, a visual questionnaire, and toys to support our discussion.
I’ll provide you with a resources pack to use at home for you and your child. E.g., top tips for all the family, wellbeing journal pages, emotional regulation activities, self-advocacy exercises.
In some cases, I may suggest some additional assessment of your child’s speech sounds and/or their understanding and use of spoken language. I can provide this additional assessment or you can seek a referral to NHS services.
Following your family session, we can discuss whether you would like to book further therapy sessions, a school meeting, or additional assessment of your child’s speech and language. There is no obligation to book further sessions.
1-1 Services: Therapy Sessions
Therapy for 3-7s, may include:
-Parent Child Interaction (PCI), a supportive home based intervention to help the whole family feel confident in supporting your child when they stammer. Delivered in blocks of 6 x therapy sessions.
-One-off meeting at nursery or school to provide advice and support for staff.
-Option to join Stammer in the Woods, a monthly outdoors wellbeing group for 4-6s & 7-11s who stammer. See the Stammer in the Woods page for more information.
Therapy for 7-11s, may include:
-One-off meeting at school to provide advice and support to staff.
-1-1 therapy sessions delivered in school, delivered in blocks of 6 therapy sessions. The main aim of 1-1 therapy is to support happy, confident communication. This may include: supporting your child to set their own goals, learning more about stammering, building self-advocacy skills (i.e., letting others know what we need and what does/doesn’t help us), learning about emotional regulation and self-care, telling others about stammering (e.g., show and tell, making a poster, writing a letter to our teacher)
-Option to join Stammer in the Woods, a monthly outdoors wellbeing group for 7-11s who stammer. See the Stammer in the Woods page for more information.
Fees
Please note that I do not charge by the hour, I charge per session. The prices below are flat fees and include my travel time, mileage, related admin time, and resources. Starter sessions & school/nursery meetings may last 60-90 mins. Therapy sessions usually last 45 mins.
Family session: £60
Additional assessment + written summary report (i.e. of speech sounds and/or language): £120
Therapy session: £70
One-off school/nursery meeting: £60
Stammer in the Woods Club: £20 per child/adults free.
