Cariad Speech Therapy

Cariad Speech Therapy Speech & Language Therapy services for families and schools across Chester, Wirral and North Wales 🌸

✨ Exciting news, I’ve recently completed and passed my HCPC CPD profile!As a practising Speech and Language Therapist, t...
20/11/2025

✨ Exciting news, I’ve recently completed and passed my HCPC CPD profile!

As a practising Speech and Language Therapist, this means I’m officially registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) the regulatory body that ensures therapists meet national standards for training, professional skills, and conduct.

✅ When choosing a Speech and Language Therapist, make sure they are:

• HCPC registered
• A member of the RCSLT (Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists)
• Holding a recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree

These are key indicators that your therapist is qualified, accountable, and committed to evidence-based, ethical practice.

Here’s to continuing professional growth and delivering the highest quality care! 💪💬

✨ Evening well spent! ✨We had such a lovely training session at one of our schools this evening! 💛There were great discu...
18/11/2025

✨ Evening well spent! ✨

We had such a lovely training session at one of our schools this evening! 💛

There were great discussions around ways to support AAC in the classroom, on how we can build sensory regulation into daily routines, and how we can always priorities connection over compliance 🌱

We also explored GLP, Intensive Interaction, OWLing, and so much more, with brilliant questions and exciting conversations throughout 💬🧠

Feeling inspired and grateful for such an engaged team! 🙌🏻

Tuesday Talking Tips – Supporting Children Who Use Echolalia ✨Some children learn language by repeating phrases they’ve ...
18/11/2025

Tuesday Talking Tips – Supporting Children Who Use Echolalia ✨

Some children learn language by repeating phrases they’ve heard, this can include immediate echolalia (repeating something right after hearing it) or delayed echolalia (repeating phrases from earlier experiences like shows, books, or conversations). These echoed phrases, or “chunks,” are meaningful building blocks that help them grow toward flexible, original language 💛

This week’s focus: Supporting Echolalia

Some children repeat phrases from books, shows, or conversations. Some use these familiar chunks of language creatively to express their thoughts.

All language attempts are meaningful and deserve celebration! 🗣️

Try this:

🧩 Notice and celebrate the phrases they repeat
🔁 Model small variations of their chunks to expand meaning
👂 Give time for processing and responding
🖼️ Pair phrases with gestures, visuals, or objects for clarity
🤗 Celebrate creative use: “I love how you used that phrase to tell me your idea!”

✨ Why it works:

🙌 Honors the way many children naturally acquire language
🙌 Supports flexible, meaningful communication
🙌 Encourages confidence and playful experimentation with words
🙌 Strengthens connection through shared language experiences

🌟 Tip: Treat repeated phrases as stepping stones. They are valuable building blocks toward authentic expression.

Lots of lovely Pudsey themed resources today! The children absolutely loved celebrating during our sessions at one of o...
14/11/2025

Lots of lovely Pudsey themed resources today! The children absolutely loved celebrating during our sessions at one of our schools today 💛🐻

Shout out to for the great resources!

My favourite today has to be the Pudsey sequencing card, perfect for targeting 2 and 3 part instructions and asking Blank Level 3 & 4 questions!

Such a fun and meaningful way to support language skills while joining in with the celebrations 💬✨

Today we’re supporting BBC Children in Need- a day for giving children the chance to shine! This year I’ll be:💛 Taking a...
14/11/2025

Today we’re supporting BBC Children in Need- a day for giving children the chance to shine!

This year I’ll be:

💛 Taking a moment to reflect on how we can help every child feel heard and supported.
💛 Celebrating the children, families & teams I work with who show incredible courage every day.
💛 Thinking about how the little things we do in therapy make a big difference.

If you feel able, please consider giving, sharing, or simply showing your support today 🙌🏻

🌎💛 World Kindness Day ✨First introduced in 1998, it’s a day for performing random acts of kindness, promoting self-kindn...
13/11/2025

🌎💛 World Kindness Day ✨

First introduced in 1998, it’s a day for performing random acts of kindness, promoting self-kindness and gratitude, and spreading kindness in schools, workplaces, and everywhere around us.

Kindness can be a soft smile, a moment of patience, a hand reaching out, or simply choosing to see the best in someone. Those little gestures make the world feel warmer, safer, and more connected.

Here’s to spreading a little extra kindness today and every day 💛

✨ “The Speech Therapist isn’t just playing…” ✨When you’re in your child’s Speech and Language Therapy session, it might ...
12/11/2025

✨ “The Speech Therapist isn’t just playing…” ✨

When you’re in your child’s Speech and Language Therapy session, it might look like we’re just playing, but there’s so much more going on beneath the surface! 💬

During every session, I’m constantly multitasking to make sure your child is learning, connecting and communicating in ways that feel fun and natural. Here’s what I’m really doing while we play👇🏻

1️⃣ Following your child’s lead and joining in with their interests 🧩
2️⃣ Building connections with your child (and with the parents, carers or staff!) 💞
3️⃣ Copying sounds, words or actions to grow joint attention 👀
4️⃣ Using Makaton, visuals and AAC to support communication 👐
5️⃣ Providing coaching and strategies for parents, carers and staff 💡
6️⃣ Giving choices to encourage communication and requesting 🙋‍♀️
7️⃣ Using verbal routines and repetitive language to support understanding 🔁
8️⃣ Embedding targets into every play activity 🎯
9️⃣ Continuously assessing, evaluating and adapting goals as your child develops 🌱

So yes, it looks like play… but it’s actually carefully crafted, evidence-based therapy in action 💬💛

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🌈 Tuesday Talking Tips- World Nursery Rhyme Week Special! 🎶Nursery rhymes aren’t just catchy tunes, they’re powerful too...
11/11/2025

🌈 Tuesday Talking Tips- World Nursery Rhyme Week Special! 🎶

Nursery rhymes aren’t just catchy tunes, they’re powerful tools for building early language, listening, and memory skills! 💛

Through rhyme, rhythm, and repetition, children learn how words sound, how sentences flow, and how fun language can be!

This week’s focus: The Power of Nursery Rhymes 🌟

Singing and saying rhymes helps children:

🎵 Hear and play with sounds in words
🧠 Develop memory and attention
💬 Learn new vocabulary
🤝 Strengthen social connection through shared fun

Try this:

🎶 Sing a favourite rhyme every day this week
👋 Add actions or props to make it interactive
🎵 Play with the words, swap a silly rhyme or make your own verse!
📚 Read rhyming books together and spot matching sounds
🤗 Repeat rhymes often, repetition builds confidence and understanding

✨ Why it works:

🙌 Builds strong foundations for early literacy
🙌 Supports listening and attention
🙌 Encourages speech clarity and rhythm
🙌 Creates joyful, bonding moments together

🌟 Tip: Keep it playful! Children learn best when they’re having fun. So sing loud, move big, and enjoy the magic of rhyme! 🎤💫

✨ If I could go back in time, I’d tell myself these 5 things… ✨This is me in 2017! I’m newly qualified, full of exciteme...
07/11/2025

✨ If I could go back in time, I’d tell myself these 5 things… ✨

This is me in 2017! I’m newly qualified, full of excitement (and nerves!) about starting my first job as a Speech and Language Therapist.

If only I could whisper these lessons to that version of me 👇🏻

1️⃣ Connection over compliance: The best progress happens when you truly connect not when you’re ticking boxes.

2️⃣ You’re allowed to adapt therapy: Confidence will come with time and you’ll realise you don’t have to fit neatly into service pathways or rigid frameworks. Your creativity is your strength.

3️⃣ Work-life balance is possible: Flexible working doesn’t mean caring less, it means caring sustainably.

4️⃣ You’ve got what it takes to go independent: One day you’ll run your own practice and still have that same spark that started it all.

5️⃣ Don’t let paperwork get you down: It’s part of the job, not the purpose of it. Take a breath, do your best, and don’t lose sight of why you started 💬

Here’s to growth, confidence, and the power of reflection 🌱

🎆 Lots of themed activities and resources to celebrate Bonfire Night this week! 🎇Here’s what I’m using in sessions:1️⃣ F...
06/11/2025

🎆 Lots of themed activities and resources to celebrate Bonfire Night this week! 🎇

Here’s what I’m using in sessions:

1️⃣ Fireworks-Inspired 100 Speech Trials- to encourage a high rate of speech sound productions in a fun, motivating way! 💥
2️⃣ I Spy Bonfire Night Edition- always a hit for introducing new vocabulary and expanding sentences (e.g. “seven fireworks”) 👀
3️⃣ Colouring Sheets- so many of the children I work with love drawing and colouring, so I always try to build this interest into our sessions 🎨
4️⃣ Fireworks Cut and Stick- love a cut-and-stick activity! Great for sentence building! I often use a colourful semantics strip and communication board to model new vocabulary ✂️
5️⃣ Bonfire Communication Board- perfect for modelling and reinforcing key Bonfire Night vocabulary alongside themed activities 🔥

✨ Themed sessions are such a fun way to keep therapy engaging, motivating, and meaningful!

✨ Wishing everyone a safe and sparkling Bonfire Night! ✨Whether you’re watching fireworks, enjoying a cosy night in, or ...
05/11/2025

✨ Wishing everyone a safe and sparkling Bonfire Night! ✨

Whether you’re watching fireworks, enjoying a cosy night in, or making memories with family, we hope your evening is filled with warmth and joy!🔥💥

🌍 Happy World Communication Week! 🎉Here at Cariad Speech Therapy we’re celebrating every form of communication because e...
04/11/2025

🌍 Happy World Communication Week! 🎉

Here at Cariad Speech Therapy we’re celebrating every form of communication because every voice, gesture, sign, and sound matters💛

Communication connects us! Whether it’s through speech, signing, AAC, writing, gestures, eye gaze, or technology. It’s how we share our thoughts, feelings, and stories with the world and that’s something truly worth celebrating! ✨

This week, we’re shining a light on the incredible diversity of how people express themselves. Let’s celebrate communication in all its forms and continue building a world where everyone can be heard and understood 💬🤝

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