Integrated Treatment Services
Speech and Language Therapists
& Associated Services
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We are pleased to provide appointments with our team of Specialist Therapists across the country. Our team can help you to gain a full understanding of the clients learning, language, physical, psychological, emotional, social, feeding and self help needs. We can provide specialist therapists for all client groups and age groups.
Sarah Savage
Specialist Speech and language therapist
About Sarah
Sarah has joined the team at I.T.S during 2009. Sarah is a highly skilled Paediatric speech and language therapist who has experience in working with a complex client group, including those with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Learning Disabilities, Language Impairment and challenging behaviour.
Sarah is very skilled at working with young children who require a range of communication methods to express their needs. She has training in sensory processing needs and is aware of these techniques within her therapy.
Sarah is trained in Talk Tools Therapy and specialises in phonology (speech sounds) and language difficulties.
Sarah is keen to combine Talk Tools with traditional speech games and activities to help your child correct their speech sound errors and motivate them to improve the clarity of their speech.
Sarah ensures her sessions are fun and active so your child will feel at ease and will enjoy coming to their sessions each week with a holistic approach considered to support all of your child's needs whilst also supporting and empowering families and school staff to continue games and activities at home.
Sarah ensures her sessions are fun and active so your child will feel at ease and will enjoy coming to their sessions each week with a holistic approach considered to support all of your child's needs whilst also supporting and empowering families and school staff to continue games and activities at home.
Sarah has worked within special educational schools as well as supporting children across mainstream schools and nurseries.
She enjoys working with teenagers with high level language and social communication needs and is able to form an excellent rapport with this client group helping to develop their speech, language and communication skills quickly.
Sarah is skilled at liaising with teachers in order to incorporate therapy targets into the daily curriculum and has co- delivered lessons with teaching staff throughout previous and current posts.
Sarah's training and clinical approaches:
Clinical Group Sarah works with:
- Cued Articulation
- Makaton
- Objects of reference and symbol systems
- Picture Exchange Systems (PECS)
- TEACHH
- Workstations
- Sensory processing techniques
- A range of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices
- Nuffield dyspraxia programme
- Cog Neuro model
- Social communication programmes such as Talk About, Social Use of Language Programme
- Colourful Semantics
- Narrative therapy
- Interactive story telling
- Psycholinguistic framework
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Talk Tools
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Literacy work
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High level language / conversation programmes that incorporate aspects such as:
- Conversational skills
- Self-esteem
- Self-awareness
- Feelings
- Friendship skills
- Positive thinking and anger management
Sarah works with children and young adults with
- Autistic spectrum disorders
- Cerebral Palsy
- Down syndrome
- Speech sound delay/disorder
- Language delay/disorder
- Word finding difficulties
- Acquired Brain Injury
- Learning difficulties
- Physical disabilities
- High level language
- Dyspraxia
- Normal non fluency
- Literacy difficulties
Read about Speech and Language Therapy services here
We have been very impressed with the methodical manner in which Sarah has delivered the speech therapy and the huge range of skills she has employed. Sarah herself has a lovely manner and way of working and our son looks forward to his sessions with her.
Elizabeth and Khalid Karim, August 2011
Sarah is one of those rare people who get results out of children without pushing them or putting pressure on them. Her gentle, but confident approach put Harry at instant ease.
Carrie Cameron-Smith, August 2011.
