Under 2 years

Referrals can only be made by a health professional at this age  

Children under 2 years old can only be referred to the children's SLT service where there is an urgent need for specialist assessment, for example due to cleft lip/palate or a medical condition (for example, stroke or brain injury) that significantly affects their speech, language and communication.
Please see separate referral criteria if the concerns are around eating, drinking and swallowing or deafness.
At this age, parents/carers or childcare staff can support children’s understanding, spoken language, social communication or speech sounds by accessing the universal and targeted support in the drop downs below.
In addition to this they can also call the CYPT Advice Line to speak to the SLT Team. Please leave a message and the SLT Team will contact you.  Calls are responded to on weekdays. CYPT Advice Line: 01923 470 680, choose option 3, then option 1 and leave a message.

Understanding of language

  • Watch the FOLLOW - Top Tips for Talking webinar and look at the FOLLOW postcard on the Early Years webpage 
  • Parents / carers can attend an Early Talk Group (from age 20m) at their local family centre and access a follow up call (health visitors can refer to Early Talk).

Spoken language

  • Watch the FOLLOW - Top Tips for Talking Webinar and look at the FOLLOW postcard on the Early Years Webpage. 
  • Parents/carers can attend an Early Talk Group (from age 20m) at their local Family Centre and access a follow up call (Health Visitors can refer to Early Talk).

Speech sounds

  • Watch the SPEECH Sounds Webinar and look at the SPEECH postcard on the Speech Sounds Webpage.
  • Setting staff can watch the Supporting Speech Sound Development webinar on the training page of the website (scroll down to webinars). 

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