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What is speech link Multimedia Ltd?

Speech Link Multimedia Ltd is a team of speech and language therapists and software engineers who produce award winning packages of assessments and interventions for schools, called Speech Link and Language Link. We work with over 4,000 schools throughout the UK to support children with speech and language needs aged 4 to 14 years old.

How can speech link help parents?

Speech work is always most effective when school programmes are backed up with home practice. Speech Link provides extensive resources for parents including over 30 activities for home practice and information sheets. The ability to hear the difference between different speech sounds is essential for both speech and literacy development.

What does speech link offer staff?

A popular feature of Speech Link is our video walk through. This takes staff though the package step by step. We also provide regular webinar training sessions which feature our Speech and Language Therapy team and cover different aspects of use of the package allowing staff to ask the experts questions.

How can parents and carers help children with speech and language difficulties?

You don’t always need to create special time for working on listening and talking, use our everyday activities to turn many routine tasks into support activities. Remember parents and carers don’t cause speech and language difficulties but they can make all the difference in helping children overcome them.

What is Speech Link Multimedia?

Speech Link Multimedia Ltd is a team of speech and language therapists and software engineers who produce award winning packages of assessments and interventions for schools, called Speech Link and Language Link. We work with over 4,000 schools throughout the UK to support children with speech and language needs aged 4 to 14 years old.

Do you need to create special time for listening and talking?

You don’t always need to create special time for working on listening and talking, use our everyday activities to turn many routine tasks into support activities. Remember parents and carers don’t cause speech and language difficulties but they can make all the difference in helping children overcome them.

Check Development

Parents and carers use our developmental checklists to work out which activities will be suitable for their children. The checklists cover speech, understanding, talking and listening skills from birth to 14+ years old.

Expert Advice

Our Top Tips videos ensure parents and carers are using every opportunity they can to broaden their children’s understanding and talking. Each video in this highly engaging series is presented by a speech and language therapist and covers a different strategy.

FREE Resources

There is an extensive bank of resources and activities for developing speech, listening, talking and understanding. Each activity is specially designed to be easy and quick to use at home and many show parents and carers how to turn everyday tasks into language rich opportunities.

The Blog

The Blog is packed full of interesting articles and tips written by experts. Read a recent article here.

What's New?

Can I have your attention please? Lesson 1 VIDEO: Get your child ready for learning in Lesson 2, where Juliet will be reminding us of the rules of good listening and playing games which focus on listening for words and following simple requests.

Support for Schools

Speech Link Multimedia Ltd is a team of speech and language therapists and software engineers who produce award winning packages of assessments and interventions for schools, called Speech Link and Language Link. We work with over 4,000 schools throughout the UK to support children with speech and language needs aged 4 to 14 years old.

What is a speech link?

Speech Link is our original package used to identify and support children with developmental speech sound difficulties. Launched in 2003, it is still used widely throughout the UK to help schools decide who needs to be seen by a Speech and Language Therapist and those at risk of literacy difficulties. Suitable for children aged 4 to 8 years, Speech Link helps demystify speech work and helps support staff work effectively with children’s common speech sound errors.

How does Speech Link work?

Speech Link includes 23 planned and resourced speech interventions covering all common developmental speech errors. Each programme comes with clear instructions on how to help children produce and listen for sounds on their own, in words and in sentences. Over 600+ downloadable resources are included so staff do not have to waste valuable time trying to find the right pictures for each sound. Speech work is always most effective when school programmes are backed up with home practice. Speech Link provides extensive resources for parents including over 30 activities for home practice and information sheets.

Is speech work effective?

Speech work is always most effective when school programmes are backed up with home practice. Speech Link provides extensive resources for parents including over 30 activities for home practice and information sheets.