The two-year project, funded by the European Commission, found that young people with moderate communication difficulties benefited significantly from six sessions of therapy, with progress reported in almost all the areas tested. Those with more complex and severe needs showed less progress.
The research, the first controlled study of its type, was led by Ealing YOT and Ealing Hospital NHS Trust.
It concluded that those with more complex needs would benefit from more individualised intervention packages and further research is needed in this area.
It builds on existing evidence that shows that speech and language therapy can have a significant, positive impact on young offenders by increasing the effectiveness of existing interventions and reducing offending.
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