Are you concerned about your child’s speech, or ability to communicate, their use and understanding of words or how they pronounce their sounds? Our speech and language therapy milestones information chart will help you determine if your child needs intervention.

Sensational Kids paediatric speech and language therapy services are open to children of all ages and all abilities.

Through Speech and language assessment and therapeutic intervention for children we work on language stimulation as well as the production of speech.

Each child’s selected goals will be achieved using evidence-based practice. Alternative and augmentative communication tools, such as computers, pictures boards or the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) may be used to facilitate functional communication skills.

Sensational Kids Speech and language therapy sessions are performed individually and plans focus on improving the following skill areas:

• Receptive Language
• Expressive Language
• Pragmatic or Social Skills
• Articulation
• Oral Motor Skills
• Fluency
• Voice

Specialist Speech & Language Therapy For Children With Hearing Loss

Auditory Verbal Therapy

Elaine Baldwin, Speech & Language Therapist at Sensational Kids has undertaken specialist training to provide speech & language therapy for children with hearing loss using the techniques of Auditory Verbal Therapy.

This specialist service is available with Speech & Language Therapist Elaine Baldwin at our facilities in both Clonakilty and Kildare.

How do I know if my child needs speech and language therapy?

By Age	Speech and Language Skill Milestone	Refer if
1 year	Your child should be using gestures, pointing, understand cause and effect, imitate sounds, be saying their first words, and be communicating with intent	Your child doesn’t cry, babble or pay attention to other voices
2 years	By 24 months your child should have 50 single words combined in dfiferent ways. By age two and half to three years they should be able to follow simple commands.	Your child can’t put some words together in a speech
3 years	By 36 months your child should be able to follow two requests such as “Do x and then y” They should be able to respond from another room and their speech should be able to be understood by others	Your child’s speech is difficult for those outside the family to understand or if they are not combining words
4 years	By 4 years your child should be able to communicate their needs and wants and be able to answer “WH” questions such as What and When	Your child doesn’t have a growing vocabulary, speak in sentences, and make most sounds – or a child points to things instead of talking. If they cannot answer WH questions
5 years	By 5 years your child should be able to pay attention to a short story and carry on a simple conversation	Your child can’t carry on a simple conversation, stammers, sounds much different from playmates, is reluctant to talk, is very self-conscious when speaking and becomes defensive, nervous, or withdrawn when speaking

If you are concerned about your child’s speech production, please keep in mind that the majority of sounds a three year old makes should be normal. Although she/he may use all sounds correctly, she/he should be intelligible to strangers.

Acceptable ages of speech sound development for children

Age	Consonants
3 years – 3 years 11 months	m, n, p, h, w, b, t, d, k, g, f
4 years	Sh, S
5 years	s, z, l, v, CH, TH, Q
6 years	R

Why Choose Sensational Kids

High Skilled Multi Disciplinary Team – Sensational Kids offers a multi disciplinary team of highly skilled therapists who are supported with continuous professional development and clinical supervision. Our team work together as a team to support your child
Not For Profit – Sensational Kids is a registered charity founded by parents to help make services affordable and accessible for families. Our services are subsidised by donations and fundraising.
Family Friendly Hours – Appointments are available Tuesday to Saturday
Unique and Innovative Facilities – Sensational Kids provides a very well resourced child development & learning centre designed to make therapy enjoyable for your child
Sensory Integration – Our facilities include a sensory integration gym with swings, a ball pool and climbing equipment. In addition our therapists have undertaken additional professional training courses in sensory processing disorders.
Sensory Room – Sensational Kids facilities also include Sensory room which includes uv lighting, a projector, an interactive bubble tube and weighted blankets
Privacy – Our therapists each have their own consultation rooms equipped with lots of exciting games and toys to make therapy fun for your child
Accessibility – Sensational Kids operates and Open Referral system which means that parents/guardians can book appointments at Sensational Kids without the need for a GP Referral
Child Development & Learning Store – Onsite access to the resources you need to help your child develop their skills at Ireland’s only Child Development and Learning Store that is run as a social enterprise
Ethos – Sensational Kids was set up by parents of children with additional needs as a charity to provide affordable and accessible early intervention services for children of all abilities

How much does Speech & Language Therapy Cost at Sensational Kids?

Sensational Kids is a social enterprise and registered charity set up by parents to provide accessible and affordable child development services for children of all ages and abilities. Speech & Language Therapy at Sensational Kids is subsidised by fundraising and donations as well as proceeds from our child development and learning store and our professional development training workshops.

Our speech and language therapy intervention sessions are reduced from €120 per session to €75 per session.

• Speech & Language Therapy Sessions (approx 45 minutes) €75
• Speech & Language Therapy Assessment with full written report €330

• Outreach & School Visits are charged at €75 per hour of the therapist’s time plus mileage at 39c per km.

We do NOT charge additional fees for short letters or phone calls once you are attending our service. Any additional reports that require a substantial amount of the therapist’s time will be billed at €75 per hour.

Joint Occupational Therapy and Speech & Language Therapy sessions are available on request

Prices for talks, presentations and training are available on request

Cancellation Policy

If you need to cancel an appointment 48 hours notice is required to be given so that this appointment can be re-allocated.

Payment Policy

Full payment is required for each session before the appointment commences.
We are happy to accept credit/debit cards or cash as methods of payment

Sensational Kids Speech & Language Therapy Locations

Sensational Kids, Unit F2 Kildare Business Park, Melitta Road, Kildare Town, R51 R281 Phone 045 520900. Monday – Saturday
Sensational Kids, 2nd Floor, Building G, West Cork Technology Park Clonakilty, Co Cork, P85 VF62 Phone 023 887 8208 Tuesday to Saturday
Sensational Kids, Lakeside Retail Park, Claremorris from March 2019 Phone 094 9357005 Email: Claremorris@sensationalkids.ie

Learn About The Speech & Language Therapy Team at Sensational Kids

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How to make an appointment for Speech & Language Therapy at Sensational Kids

We follow recommended best practice and so your first appointment with Sensational Kids will be an appointment with the therapist to meet with the parents/guardians. During this parent consultation appointment, parents can discuss their concerns about their child frankly with the therapist without negatively impacting on the child”s self-esteem. It also gives the therapist the opportunity to go through the developmental history to obtain a thorough understanding of the difficulties your child is experiencing. Together the therapist and parents can agree a family centred plan and therapy goals specifically for your child.

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