Useful resources - Warrington Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service

Information sheets

We provide a range of information sheets to support parents, carers and professionals. These resources offer practical advice and strategies to help children and young people develop their speech, language and communication skills.

Available information sheets:

• bilingualism - information for parents
• bilingualism - information for professionals
• communication friendly environments (schools)
• helping a young child’s speech
• helping children with attention and listening difficulties
• supporting children who stammer
• supporting conversation skills
• vocabulary and word‑finding ideas
• worried about talking?

Local support groups for parents and carers

There are many local support groups for families in Warrington, including:

• ADDvanced Solutions
• Downs Syndrome Cheshire
• Warrington Parents and Carers
• Warrington SENDIASS – SEND Information, Advice and Support Service

Contact a Family is in touch with hundreds of groups across the UK. Call their freephone helpline on 0808 808 3555 or visit their Contact a Family website.

Useful websites

Stammering advice:

British Stammering Association

Michael Palin Centre for Stammering

CLAPA
A UK-wide voluntary organisation specifically helping those with, and affected by, cleft lip and palate.

Communication Matters
Charity supporting research and training for those with complex communication needs who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)

Developmental Language Disorder
Learn more about DLD (developmental language disorder) is a relatively new term used to describe a severe ongoing difficulty with talking and/or understanding what other people say for which there is no obvious cause.

The Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA)
Supports people with Down’s syndrome at every stage of life.

Down Syndrome Education International
Work with parents and teachers worldwide to improve educational outcomes for children with Down's syndrome.

The Hanen Centre
A non-profit organisation who help parents, early years teachers and speech and language therapists to support children with communication difficulties.

The Makaton Charity
Provides information on the use of symbols and signs for teaching communication, language and literacy.

The National Autistic Society
A charity for people with autism and their families. They provide information, support and services.

The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS)
The leading charity dedicated to supporting deaf children and young people.

National Literacy Trust
For information on how to talk to your young child.

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
The professional body of and for speech and language therapists (SLTs) in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Visit the website to find out more about the role of a speech and language therapist.

Speech, Language and Communication Framework (SLCF)
A coalition of not-for-profit organisations supporting people who work with children and young people in England to support speech, language and communication.

Speech and Language UK
Speech and Language UK website. They want every child to face the future with confidence.

Tiny Happy People - BBC
Tiny Happy People is here to help you develop your child’s language skills, with simple activities and play ideas to help you learn about babies and toddlers’ amazing early development.

Last updated: Wednesday 01 April 2026