About Communicate Great

ABOUT

We believe good communication is a vital ingredient to a happy and successful life.

Our services aim to help people develop great speech-language and communication skills to enable learning, independence and well-being.

Communicate Great is an independent speech and language therapy service

Who do Communicate Great work with?

Over 1 million children and young people in the UK have a long-term speech, language or communication need. That’s 2-3 in every classroom (The Communication Trust 2016). Early identiﬁcation and therapy can help people overcome these difficulties, gain conﬁdence and reach their potential.

Any person can have a speech, language or communication difficulty but some diagnoses place a person at great risk:

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Autism Spectrum Condition
Bilingualism
Cerebral Palsy
Down Syndrome
Epilepsy
Hearing Impairment
Language Delay or Disorder
Learning Disabilities
Specific Language Impairment
Stammering

Communication isn't only about speech therefore our speech and language assessment and therapy programmes focus on supporting communication development across a range of skills areas including:

Attention and Listening
Play and Early Interaction
Speech Sound Development
Understanding of Language
Use of Language
Social Communication and interaction
Verbal reasoning
Emotional Literacy and Regulation
Fluency
Communicating effectively, at school, work or with friends

We use research-based approaches including:

Attention Autism
Alternative and Augmentative Communication Systems (AAC)
Colourful Semantics
Cued Articulation
Intensive Interaction
Language for Thinking
Lego-based Therapy
Makaton Signing
Parent- Child Interaction Therapy
PECS (Picture Exchange Communication Systems)
Social Thinking
Talkabout
Total Communication Approaches
Zones of Regulation

We continue to update our knowledge, skills and review new research in order to consistently provide effective therapy.