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Language Support

The Language, Communication and Interaction Team

The Language, Communication and Interaction Team helps primary and secondary school age children overcome speech, language and communication difficulties.
We work in partnership with parents and carers as well as schools and early years providers to:
  • Support parents or carers of children aged four or under who have severe communication difficulties, helping them to develop skills to communicate confidently with their children
  • Liaise with schools to ensure that young children with severe communication difficulties make a successful transfer into school or nursery
  • Support children aged 5-16 who have severe and specific speech, language and communication difficulties so that they have positive experiences in school
  • Liase with schools to ensure that children and young people aged 5-16 on the autistic continuum have positive experiences in schools


Schools normally contact the service directly about children who are of school age, but parents of children aged four or under are welcome to contact the service directly on 020 8430 4801.

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