SERVICES AND FEES
INITIAL CONSULTATION - £140
It is recommend all initial appointments take place in your home to allow me to see your child in their own environment where they will feel most at ease.
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Face to face assessment:
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A case history form to be completed prior to the appointment and initial telephone discussion about your concerns.
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An initial play based screening assessment lasting up to 1 hour, including advice and feedback.
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A verbal therapy plan with clear aims agreed with parents.
Communication coaching for parents and carers: £85 per session in your home / school (additional travel may apply)
Face to face coaching therapy focussed on your child's needs and your family routines.
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Initial block of 6, 45 minute sessions of direct support in your home.
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Evidenced based Hanen and Palin therapy for language, social communication / autism and stammering.
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Coaching to help you make the most of every interaction by learning strategies to develop your child's communication and support their talking.
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Video reflection, practice and guidance.
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Ideal for families of children with stammering, language, social communication difficulties and autism (including GLP.)
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Further follow up support available where required.
Face to Face Therapy
£75 per session in my clinic / teletherapy
£85 per session in your home / child's setting (additional travel costs may apply.)
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Therapy sessions ideal for children with speech sound difficulties, language disorder or older children who stammer. This includes:
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around 30-40 minutes of direct therapy.
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Plus 5-10 minutes for feedback and activity setting with an adult.
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Planning and resource preparation (approx 45 minutes)
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Writing notes and analysis of session aims and progress (approx 30 minutes.)
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Resources for therapy sessions and home practice sent via email.
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To get the most from speech therapy it is expected an adult will be available to join in the sessions and do home practice.
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The frequency of therapy sessions recommended will depend on your child's needs. We can work together to find the right level of support for you and your family. Please be aware that for speech sound therapy weekly support is often required to ensure good progress.
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Support blocks will be booked, planned and paid for in advance with clear aims, which we will review together at the end of the block.
Budding Conversations 1:1 online coaching £50 for 30 minutes, available for families of children with language and social communication difficulties:.
1:1 online therapy sessions aimed at coaching parents to use strategies to develop your child's language in every day situations. This support will give you the foundation skills needed develop your child's communication with confidence. Together we will build on the strategies learnt in the budding conversations course to meet your child's needs.
For further information and to start the course please go to my Budding Conversations page.
Please note my online coaching session are only available for those who have purchased the Budding Conversations course.
OTHER SERVICES
The following will be charged at the rate of £100 per hour and calculated in 15 minute increments. The time and cost will be agreed with you prior to me completing the work.
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Programmes - with advice and strategies to develop your child's communication (typically 1.5 hours - £150.)
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Fully prepared resources if you would rather not have them emailed.
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Report writing- Detailed report containing information regarding your child's current communication, areas to develop and recommendations. (typically 2 1/2 hours - £250)
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Nursery / school visits -to continue assessment or provide advice, and modelling of therapy to staff working with your child.
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Attendance at meetings - where appropriate to meet your child's needs.
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Liaison with other professionals / setting including telephone calls.
TELETHERAPY:
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Initial assessment: consisting of an initial phone consultation, a detailed case history, video analysis of your child's communication skills and feedback session with parents. For older children direct assessment may also be possible on line.
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A range of direct therapy is possible for children who are able to attend to the sessions online, support for stammering works particularly well online, both the Lidcombe programme and Palin PCI, as well as support packages for older children and teens, can be offered this way.
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For younger children I am pleased to be able to offer the Hanen programmes 'it takes two to talk' (for children with language delay / disorders) and 'more than words' (for children with social communication difficulties) via teletherapy. These sessions do not directly involve your child so you don't have to worry if they are not a 'facetime fan.' These sessions can be offered in the evening if preferable, to allow both parents to join in /enable you to focus without your child needing you.
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Prices for teletherapy are the same as face to face appointments: £140 for an initial assessment and £75 per 45 minute therapy session.
TRAVEL
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No charge for journeys within 5 miles of my base (Chipping Sodbury)
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For journeys over a 10 mile round trip, a charge of £2.50p per additional mile will be added to the cost of the session to cover travel time and expenses.
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Journeys will be planned using 'aa route planner' from BS37 6HG and mileage costs agreed before the session.
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