Independent Speech & Language Therapy in Bristol & the surrounding regions.

What we do.

Talk Speech and Language Therapy provide independent assessment and therapy for children and young adults with speech, language and communication difficulties.

Established in 2012, we are a friendly and experienced team of Speech Therapists, providing services for Bristol and the surrounding area including Bath, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Wiltshire.

We support individual children and families at our welcoming clinic, located in Bristol. For more complex and specialist needs, we offer assessment & therapy at home, school or early years locations.

Our team have extensive expertise in providing tailored assessment, ongoing therapy and specialist training for over 60 Schools, Educational Settings, Charities, Local Authorities and CCG’s across the region.

talk-child-speech-therapy-bristol — Difficulties we can help with.

Language Delay
Developmental Language Disorder
Speech sound difficulties
Stammering
Selective mutism
Autism & ADOS assessments
Behavioural difficulties
Social Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)
Dysphagia - Children & Adults
Sensory feeding difficulties
Profound & multiple learning difficulties
AAC -Alternative Augmentative Communication
EHCP Assessment & Reports

Some of our testimonials.

Testimonials

“My 8 year old son has been coming to Talk Speech and Language Therapy for around 12 months. He has language, communication and memory issues. Talk have been amazing with him and he understands concepts now that he never would have done without their intervention. They have always been supportive of myself and my son, highly professional, caring, understanding, flexible, empathetic and patient. I highly recommend them.”

-Parent of child attending clinic

“We all feel that your work is ‘life transforming’. The positive interactions you have with fellow colleagues is also exemplary. As a school, we are very fortunate to be working with such brilliant professionals. Thank you.”

-Executive Head, Specialist Provisions

“The assessment was fantastic and went into great detail. The length of time gave the therapist the time to observe ‘R’ much more and also get more background of the behaviours we were seeing and were concerned about. We had a clear strategy explained to us with goals communicated which allowed us to share with the nursery setting.”

-Parent of child attending clinic

“The Service we receive is professional, supportive, flexible, reliable, creative and meets the needs of our young people perfectly. Once again, this year has been a pleasure and privilege to work in partnership with our Talk therapist who is an amazing practitioner.“

-SENCo at SEMH provision

“Liv took time to understand G’s speech and language challenges to tailor her approach, this was adjusted at each session to mirror G’s progress. Not only did G’s speech and language improve dramatically over the 6 week course of therapy but more importantly, her confidence grew exponentially which in turn has had a huge effect on her learning in all subjects. I would thoroughly recommend Liv and Talk Speech and Language Therapy.”

-Parent of child attending clinic

“Our Talk therapist has fitted in perfectly into our school. She is like a breath of fresh air. I know she has lots of plans on how to improve SaLT provision within our setting.”

-SENCO Primary School

“Emily was incredibly kind, calm and perceptive during a really difficult time for us. We had exhausted all other options and Emily worked with our 1yo girl to support her to not only start eating voluntarily, but enjoy her food. We are eternally grateful!”

- Parent, feeding clinic

“Our Talk therapist is brilliant and has become part of the school community. Staff and parents actively seek out her support and advice and I personally would find meeting the needs of a vast range of children challenging without her expertise.”

-Primary SENCo

“My daughter had a course of speech and language therapy at Talk Speech Therapy and I can highly recommend.
Really fun and interesting sessions, and we were given things to work on each week before the next session which really helped. By the time the 10 sessions were finished, my daughter was talking in short sentences (we started with single words and pointing) and her confidence was vastly improved.”

-Parent of child attending clinic

Parents & Families

We offer a clinic service from our friendly and welcoming Bristol location, working directly with children, young people and their families. Our holistic approach includes assessment, therapy, support and parental advice.

For more complex and specialist needs, we offer an outreach service to home or school settings. We also provide a specialist feeding (dysphagia) clinic for both children and adults.

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Schools & Early Years

Talk Speech & Language Therapy offer an independent service to Schools and Early Years settings.

We have successful partnerships with over 60 schools across Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Wiltshire. We work with pre-school, mainstream and special school settings. We are very proud of the Speech Therapy we provide for a number of charities in the region.

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Training

Talk Speech and Language Therapy provide a wide range of accredited and bespoke training courses for educational settings and parents or carers. These can be delivered from our training facility or at your preferred location.

We are committed to enabling families and education settings to develop their skills in supporting children and young people with Speech, Language & Communication needs.

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Children with speech and language challenges have a much higher risk of mental health problems. Support for mental health is usually in the form of “talking therapies” which are very difficult for children who have speech and language challenges to access. Why are communication skills important for mental health? We use our communication skills to: Talk about how we are feeling Understand how others are feeling Resolve conflicts and negotiate with others. HOW can we support communication skills Use visual supports to help children reflect on behavioural incidents after they’ve occurred and talk about how they and others were feeling. Visuals such as emotion picture cards and comic strip conversations or drawing can be helpful.

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We're loving our 'Story Box' sessions in our Early Years setting... Speech Therapy Assistant Fiona made some little puppets for our amazing kids to enjoy during the session. They're building their skills including joint attention, turn-taking and vocabulary development . They're also really enjoying a regular, fun story time on the huge cushions in a small group. Can you guess the story??

No fly swat & shaving foam this week... but you know its only a matter of time.... #speechtherapybag #whatsinthebag #bagforlife #speechtherapylife #speechielife #speechiefun #slpfun #slphumor #speechtherapyfun #saltassistant #saltstudents #speechtherapyassistants

We are celebrating Deaf Awareness Week (6 to 12 May 2024) with the aim of making everyday life more deaf-friendly for children and young people. The NDCS has some amazing tips, videos and resources to download which are great for parents, teachers and children. We've included more in our Stories ⬆️

Childline's latest posters for schools and settings with children and young people are available for different age groups and are FREE to download from their website. CHILDLINE help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through. Trained counsellors can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, Childline is there to help and support. Childline is free, confidential, and available any time, day or night. School & exam worries, bullying & friendship issues, home & families, body, relationships & sex, mental health, personal safety - they'll listen and support with it all. We know lots of our young people are online, so their website is packed full of articles, videos, information, useful tools, and a calm zone. CHILDLINE 0800 1111 24 hours a day, 7 days a week CHILDLINE.ORG.UK

Bryony attended the NAPLIC conference 2024 on Saturday. It was an inspiring day, hearing about Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) from lots of different angles - a family perspective, from researchers, from those working in the youth justice system... Let's continue to raise awareness of DLD, so DLD can be better understood and people can access appropriate support. #naplic24 #DevLangDis.

In this video, adults with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) talk about what life is like for them. It's so important for us to support the young people we work with to build understanding of themselves (what they excel at, as well as what they find difficult), self-belief, resilience, and self-advocacy.

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Today is Earth Day! Earthday.org are an organisation that work to drive positive action for our planet. At Talk SLT, we have been thinking about how we can ensure the children in the classrooms we work in have all the visual support they need, whilst also reducing how much paper and printing we are doing. These are some of our ideas, we'd would love to hear some of yours too! #PlanetVsPlastics #EndPlastics #EarthDay

These are some photos of our new ‘Beginners AAC group’ in one of our school settings. We set up 3x activities - *Mr Potato Head (choosing a variety of items to make your own) *Farm sensory play (child-led) *Paint table Children were supported throughout the session to use their AAC to have a fun time with other users and adults and explore the creative resources on offer. We can't wait to do it again!

Horses, F1 Drivers, Dogs, Popstars & Rappers, Dinosaurs... we've done them all. Always good to check in at the start of a session so we can approach it accordingly 😆😞🤔😴😡

Our energy levels naturally fluctuate throughout the day, which is totally normal. All energy levels are valid and helpful for different tasks. The key is figuring out which levels we need for which activities AND ways to help our minds and bodies get to each of these levels. Once you start thinking about it, it is easy to recognize both moments of energy match and mismatch throughout our day and week (Monday mornings / Friday afternoons, anyone?!) Similarly, we need to support our learners with noticing this concept for themselves as well. The founders of Autism Level Up created tools to support the Autistic community to improve one’s ability to regulate, and we have adapted our own to fit with children's specific interests, eg, cars, aeroplanes etc These go hand in hand with ways of getting to and from those energy levels to suit the tasks ahead. Head the the @nationalautisticsociety and check out their Know Yourself series for top tips on 'energy accounting'. Do you use similar energy charts in your therapy sessions or in school? What are your top regulation tips? Share below.

... Oh, this should be standard in ALL stations, surely ?

Eid mubarak ! Eid Al Fitir is a joyous time for many Muslim families. Sending warm wishes to those celebrating ✨️

Introducing Justine - one of the super speech therapy assistants here at Talk SLT. Justine predominantly works with children in our mainstream schools as well as supporting at Bristol Down Syndrome Trust. #speechandlanguagetherapy #speechtherapyassistants

This week at Talk Speech and Language Therapy we have been celebrating Autism Acceptance Week by getting colourful. Please follow the link to find more on the National Autistic society website about how you can also celebrate Autism Acceptance Week and raise awareness https://www.autism.org.uk/

We're supporting World Autism Acceptance Week. Autistic people face discrimination and barriers across all sectors of society – in the health and social care systems, in education, in employment, and everywhere in between. It is crucial that autistic people, and their families and carers, can access tailored information, guidance and support to overcome those barriers, along with opportunities to explore their interests, develop skills and build friendships for fulfilled lives.

A weekly session with a lovely child who lives to play in water and experiment with colours ! We are encouraging their self generated, spontaneous language and this session had mermaids, bath fizzers that 'make you human' and lots of amazing chatter between the dolls ♡☆ 🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️👩🏿‍🤝‍👩🏾🖍🎨🥡🖌💧

Hope you've had some Easter fun in therapy sessions this week ? This is one of the most fun activities to do when you're building attention and listening skills. 💥🐥 You'll need : ■35mm camera film pots and lids (most camera shops will give you their old ones) ■Effervescent tablets (like alka seltzer or vitamin C) ■water Have you ever tried this ?