Specialist Children’s Services SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY REFERRAL GUIDANCE FORM Reception 19 years old – (for preschool children please attend a drop-in clinic) Reception Age Class Should be able to: Tick all areas of difficulty Next steps Attention Is not able to concentrate for up to 10 If concerned put in place early intervention within school. For Able to concentrate for minutes on chosen activity, example, up to 15 minutes on Specific listening activities (see Letters and Sounds phase 1) chosen activity. Teaching Children to Listen, Able to transfer Jackie Woodcock and Liz Cannot tolerate transfer to another Spooner between activities and activity (other than TV) or ‘interference’, Active Listening for Active return to original Learning, Maggie Johnson and then transfer attention back Simple social interaction activity. games eg ready ,steady,….and Beginning to be able to pause for the child to be able to complete. listen and do at the Use wind up toys to keep same time (two attention and encourage joining in channelled attention). Use bubbles to encourage requesting and keeping “more” joint attention. Please refer to ‘Attention Levels and Strategies’ guidance. Understanding spoken Does not understand 4 key word If concerned about one or more of these areas refer to Speech and language sentences. E.g. "Put the spoon and fork language Therapy by completing Responding to on the plate". referral form. instructions containing 4 Recommended universal provision key words Using visual support alongside Does not know the difference between verbal instructions, Beginning to understand went to the beach’ and will go “We “We Simplify language more complex grammar Pause and give the child time to the beach” e.g. past & future verb to respond Can not answer some why/because Reduce adult rate of speech by tenses questions. half which will double child’s Beginning to be able to ability to attend. infer information from pictures and situations Using spoken Is not using 5-6 word sentences If concerned about one or more of these areas refer to Speech and language language Therapy by completing Using longer and referral form. complex sentences Recommended early intervention Is not using early grammar e.g. plurals, containing more adult Supporting vocabulary learning simple past tenses. in the classroom using Word grammar. Beginning to Aware (Brannigan and use sentences Parsons) containing Include child in Narrative “and” therapy group (Black Sheep “because”. Press)
Specialist Children’s Services SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY REFERRAL GUIDANCE FORM Reception – 19 years old (for preschool children please attend a drop-in clinic) Reception Age Class Should be able to: Tick all areas of difficulty Next steps Attention Able to concentrate for up to 15 minutes on chosen activity. Able to transfer between activities and return to original activity. Beginning to be able to listen and do at the same time (two channelled attention). Please refer to ‘Attention Levels and Strategies’ guidance. Is not able to concentrate for up to 10 minutes on chosen activity, If concerned put in place early intervention within school. For example, Specific listening activities (see Letters and Sounds phase 1) Teaching Children to Listen, Jackie Woodcock and Liz Spooner Active Listening for Active Learning, Maggie Johnson Simple social interaction games eg ready ,steady,….and pause for the child to be able to complete. Use wind up toys to keep attention and encourage joining in Use bubbles to encourage requesting “more” and keeping joint attention. Cannot tolerate transfer to another activity (other than TV) or ‘interference’, and then transfer attention back Understanding spoken language Responding to instructions containing 4 key words Beginning to understand more complex grammar e.g. past & future verb tenses Beginning to be able to infer information from pictures and situations Does not understand 4 key word sentences. E.g. "Put the spoon and fork on the plate". If concerned about one or more of these areas refer to Speech and language Therapy by completing referral form. Recommended universal provision Using visual support alongside verbal instructions, Simplify language Pause and give the child time to respond Reduce adult rate of speech by half which will double child’s ability to attend. Does not know the difference between “We went to the beach’ and “We will go to the beach” Can not answer some why/because questions. Using spoken language Using longer and complex sentences containing more adult grammar. Beginning to use sentences containing “and” “because”. Is not using 5-6 word sentences If concerned about one or more of these areas refer to Speech and language Therapy by completing referral form. Recommended early intervention Supporting vocabulary learning in the classroom using Word Aware (Brannigan and Parsons) Include child in Narrative therapy group (Black Sheep Press) Is not using early grammar e.g. plurals, simple past tenses.
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