Doncaster: Speech and language services
In 2019, Doncaster Council received £250,000 from the Department for Education Early Years Outcomes Fund to improve speech, language and communication assessments and interventions through a project called ‘Talking Together’.
The Covid-19 pandemic put significant pressure on Doncaster’s early years sector. Practitioners observed children developing social skills slower than would have been expected pre-pandemic. Children were less confident interacting with others, taking turns and building relationships with adults and other children.
Talking Together worked alongside the NHS speech and language service to provide targeted support for children who no longer met criteria for the NHS specialist service.
The Talking Together team includes a speech and language therapist working for the NHS and Doncaster Council. This approach allowed the therapist to attend NHS therapy team meetings, maintain close working relationships with the NHS team and ensure NHS and Talking Together services are aligned.
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