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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:

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:

Autism offer

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