RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES
Resources & Home Activity Tips
Useful links, activity ideas and guidance to help you support your child’s communication every day.
Home Activity Tips
The most powerful therapy happens in everyday life. Here are simple ways to support your child’s communication development at home.
Follow their lead
- Get down to your child’s level and join in with what they’re already doing
- Comment on what they’re doing rather than asking lots of questions
- Wait and give them time to respond before stepping in
Talk throughout the day
- Narrate daily routines (“now we’re washing hands…”)
- Read together every day — even just a few pages
- Sing songs and nursery rhymes
- Name objects and actions as you see them
Reduce pressure
- Expand what your child says rather than correcting them directly
- Give choices rather than open questions if speech is limited
- Avoid asking your child to “say it properly”
- Celebrate all communication — sounds, gestures, words
Useful Organisations
Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT)
The professional body for SLTs in the UK. Information on what speech and language therapy is and how to access it.
ICAN – The Children’s Communication Charity
Resources and guidance for parents and professionals on supporting children’s communication development.
STAMMA – British Stammering Association
Support, information and community for people who stammer and their families.
National Literacy Trust
Resources on reading, writing and communication, including guidance for parents on supporting literacy at home.
DLD and Me
Parent-friendly information about Developmental Language Disorder from experts in the field.
Public Health Agency NI
Information on local health services, referral pathways and support for families in Northern Ireland.
Looking for more tailored advice? All therapy programmes include specific home strategies for your child. Get in touch to find out more.
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