The first few years of your child’s life are a crucial time for their communication and language skills.
This page highlights services and resources that can help you lay the foundation for your child’s speech and language development, including:
- advice on supporting your children at different stages of their life
- support that’s available in Haringey
- organisations that focus on advice and information about speech and language
Language Enhancement and Empowerment Project (LEEP)
LEEP is a service that we run in partnership with the NHS.
LEEP works on finding speech, language and communication needs as early as possible. It promotes speech, language and communication development with early years providers and families.
Contact us if you need more information or help with your child's talking, speech or language. Our therapists are happy to help and offer advice.
LEEP contact details
Phone: 020 3224 4399 (Monday to Friday – 9am to 5pm)
Email: leep@haringey.gov.uk
Get Talking Haringey
Events and information to support your child’s communication and language.
More about Get Talking Haringey
Speech and language therapy – Whittington Health NHS Trust
A service for supporting children with speech, language and communication needs.
Read more on the speech and language therapy service on the Whittington Health NHS Trust website.
Haringey Local Offer for special educational needs and disabilities
Haringey children’s libraries
See the events and activities for under-5 run by our libraries – including Rhyme Time and Story Time.
Stages of learning to talk
The NHS has advice on your child’s language development – including videos, and activities you can do at home or out and about.
They have information for babies and toddlers aged:
Other speech and language support
Words for Life – National Literacy Trust
Tips and activities to help your child learn at home.
Visit the Words for Life website
Speech and Language UK
Free services and resources for families worried about their child's speech and language – including an advice line, webinars and a progress-checker tool.
Visit the Speech and Language UK website
Afasic
Support for families with children who need help with speech and communication, with a focus on developmental language disorder.
Stamma
Help if your child stammers – including advice, a helpline and online support groups.
BBC Tiny Happy People
Ideas and activities for boosting your child’s language development.
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