Specialised service to children with specific language impairment in mainstream schools

The following report describes a three year project to develop, implement and evaluate a specialised speech and language therapy (SLT) service to children with specific language impairment (SLI) who attend mainstream schools and nurseries. The report describes how the service was set up and the package of care offered. A range of evaluation measures was designed and implemented and the results of these are discussed. The service aimed to enable key-workers to support children with SLI effectively within the context of the school environment. The results suggest that the package of care offered provided an effective and high quality service as judged by the parents, schools and therapists.