How I extend the reach (2): Funding gaps
Author: Julie Coley
Magazine issue: Summer 07
Page numbers: 27-27
Date: 28 May 2007
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Julie Coley and two speech and language therapy assistants were employed for a Children’s Fund Speaking and Listening Project in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. It covered children aged 5-7 and 9-11 who didn’t meet the criteria for mainstream speech and language therapy but who nonetheless would benefit from developing their listening and attention, storytelling, reasoning and inference, social skills and self-esteem. Collaborative working with schools, creative measures to reach parents, the active participation of the young people and positive outcomes have led to a funding extension.
