Preschool:

• Once your child’s referral has been received and screened by a Clinician you will be informed if it has been accepted or declined.
• If we decline the referral you will be advised the reasons why and advice in certain instances may be provided.
• If your child’s referral is accepted to the Preschool service you will receive a questionnaire via email to complete and return to the service by a certain deadline. PLEASE ENSURE IT IS RETURNED IN TIME AS THOSE THAT AREN’T WILL BE DISCHARGED FROM THE SERVICE.
• Once the completed questionnaire has been received by the service, it will be screened by a clinician who will make a decision regarding next steps. These next steps will differ dependent on your child’s needs however there are typically either offering an assessment, offering intervention or discharging with advice.

Primary school age:

• Children who are attending a mainstream school in Havering are able to access the Havering Speech and Language Therapy service. Each school in Havering has a link Speech and Language Therapist who meets regularly with school staff where children with speech, language and communication needs can be discussed. If agreed, a referral can be made to the service for the child to receive an assessment. A report with targets and advice will be written and disseminated to Parents and school in order for school to work on the targets. Training, advice, review sessions and follow up is provided based on individual needs.
• Some children’s speech, language and communication needs may be supported by our specialist services dependent on whether or not they meet the criteria. This clinical decision would be made by the Speech and Language Therapy team. (please see specialist services page for more details).

Secondary school age:

• Havering currently offer an assessment service for young people of secondary age. The secondary service includes young people aged 7-18  years old who attend a school in the borough of Havering. Referrals will be accepted from schools, families and other professionals involved in the young person’s care. Once a referral is accepted the young person will be offered an assessment session. Following assessment, a report outlining their strengths and needs and target areas will be shared with the family and school. Staff  will then work on these targets, alongside families, and the young person can be re-referred to the service for further assessment in a year if difficulties persist.   

Feeding:

• Once your child’s referral has been received and screened by a Clinician you will be informed if it has been accepted or declined.
• If we decline the referral, you will be advised the reasons why and advice in certain instances may be provided.
• If your child’s referral is accepted to the Feeding team you will be offered an initial appointment, this will be either completed via telephone or face to face.