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Concerned about a child's talking, listening and understanding? I CAN Help.

I CAN Help

Concerned about a child's talking, listening and understanding? Are you looking for more information about speech, language and communication?

I CAN helps parents and practitioners providing information and resources by phone or email through the I CAN Help Enquiry Service, online via the Talking Point website and in person through our multi-disciplinary speech and language assessments for children.

I CAN Help Enquiry Service

Call 020 7843 2544 to arrange a free phone call from one of our speech and language therapists through the I CAN Help Enquiry Service or you can email your questions to help@ican.org.uk

We can help explain any aspect of children's talking and communication development that you may be concerned about. Read more here.

Talking Point

The first stop for information on children's communication: www.talkingpoint.org.uk

Find free activities, factsheets, videos and information about children's speech, language and communication. There is a progress checker for you to use to see how your child's communication is developing and a postcode search of local speech and language provision. Read more here.

I CAN Assessments

I CAN's speech and language assessment services provide families, professionals or local authorities with a joined up picture of a child's speech, language and communication difficulties. I CAN's multidisciplinary speech and language assessment services are available to all children between the ages of 4-19. Assessments take place either at I CAN's Meath Centre in Surrey (4-11 years) or Dawn House in Nottinghamshire (4-19 years). Read more here.