Children aged 11 and over

This page has helpful information from speech and language therapists for you to try to help your child aged eleven years and over who may need extra support with speech, language and communication development. You may also find these pages useful:

early communication – including Makaton signs, intensive interaction, objects of reference and echolalia
hearing loss or deafness
stammering
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

Help with understanding

Help with talking

Pre-teaching vocabulary

Help with social interaction

Autism

Autism, identity and me

All brains are different. This means that people are ‘neurodiverse’. Some people are neurotypical and some people are neurodivergent. Neurodivergent children and young people will have differences in the way they sense and experience the world and communicate and interact with others. This video explains these differences and what we can do to understand and support them.

You can also visit Neurodivergent Education Support and Training (n-est.org) or our CAMHS neurodevelopmental team for more information.

Help with speech sounds

Supporting unclear speech in older children