Help while families are waiting for an appointment
We have lots of resources, video advice and guidance for parents and carers to use while you are waiting for an appointment. If a child does not meet our referral criteria, parents and carers can still use the resources shown below.
Speech and language support
We have created a wide variety of Resources to help you support your child while you are waiting for an appointment. To use the resources, use the filter on the right of the page to find the right advice for your child’s needs.
We have created lots of video’s showing how to support your child at home. Browse through the videos for ideas for you and your child You Tube videos
Family Hubs
The Local Barnsley Family Hubs have a range of different groups and activities which are helpful to attend to support speech, language and communication. See the up to date timetable here
Groups include:
New you, New us (0-12 months)
Stay and Play and little talkers (0 – 5s)
Play and learn
SENDSory Explorers
Stammering support
We have lots of resources, video advice and guidance about stammering for parents, carers, children and young people on our website – Resources and YouTube channel – Videos
The following websites also offer help and advice:
- The stammering charity – Stamma.org. Stamma run online groups to support parents of differing ages and groups for children and young people who stammer.
- actionforstammeringchildren.org/
- michaelpalincentreforstammering.org/
- Training: schools can access our online training free of charge Training for professionals
Autism support
Autism Central has been set up by nine leading not-for-profit organisations in the UK and commissioned by NHS England. It offers resources for parents, carers and personal assistants of autistic people in England. The website offers a wealth of resources – including articles, learning materials and signposting you to support Autism central.
The Barnsley Local Offer web page also has a section ‘exploring support services while waiting’ with information about local support: