1. Children’s Therapy Services (CTS)
Head of Service
Carol Sperring – Children’s Therapy Manager
Speech and language Therapy
Special Needs
Service
Team Lead:
James Adamson
Service based
at child development
unit – Stepping Hill
for pre-school, and special schools/ mainstream schools for school age children with severe/complex disabilities/
disorders
Speech and language Therapy
Dysfluency
Service
Lead:
Rachel
Pagnam
Service based
at clinics
Autism
Lead :
Catherine Aldred
Based at
Heathy Young Minds
(HYMS -
Mental health service) – Stepping Hill
Speech and language Therapy
Clinic
Team Lead:
Judy Carey
cleft palate service
Selective Mute service
Speech sound disorders
Language Delay/Disorder
Early years language unit
School age severe/complex speech disorders
Speech and language Therapy
SLICS
Team Lead:
Louise Hirsch
Service based in
mainstream
Schools, providing assessments of need in:
Speech
Language
Social communication
Occupational Therapy
Lead:
Barbara Gallagher
Motor /Sensory
difficulties
Service based
at child development unit stepping hill, Beckwith and special / mainstream
schools
Physiotherapy
Lead:
Alison Rotheram
Cystic Fibrosis
Neonatal
Complex disabilities
Services based
at child development unit stepping hill, Beckwith and special / mainstream
schools
CEAS/HES
Children’s
Equipment
and adaptations Service
& Home Equipment
Store
SLT Services to school
Lead: Tamsin Rowbotham
Service provided at school funded by school – various schools
There is a mix of highly specialist/specialist/generalist therapists and assistants in each team.
Volunteers also support the service. The service also provides therapy to schools who fund this under special education needs legislation.