Speech Buddies UK

09/06/2025

So honoured to have been invited onto Diary of an SLT. You can listen here🎙️

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2k2r7V2o9rgirDueVc825N?si=de93igYoRzOEs5_xocPHbw

02/10/2024

SAVE this for later 💌

The benefits of filling our little ones with positive affirmation are endless, not only can they reduce stress, increase confidence and instil a good sense of self worth, they are good for us as parents too.

Our brains don’t know whether they’re intended for us or them, they just hear the information and absorb it.

A great time to practise these are just before bed, or on the school run.

Never underestimate the power of what seems to be a simple statement. ❤️

🔗🔗 If you want some guidance on where your little one’s overall communication is at, comment the word GUIDE below to get my free Milestone Checklist straight to your inbox.

04/07/2024

Independent Speech and Language Therapist Opportunities

We are looking to support a SLT who:

💙 is seeking Full Time or Part Time hours

💚wants to join an experienced and fun team

🧡is passionate about communication

🩷 has a relevant post graduate qualification

🤍 wants to grow their clinical skills in an area of their choice

🖤enjoys working flexibility into homes, schools and nursery settings

If any of these resonate with you we would love to discuss this with you in more detail to see if Speech Buddies is a fit for you. Opportunities to work within Darlington, Stockton, Middlesbrough and surrounding areas currently.

DM or email emma@speechbuddies.uk

We can’t wait to chat to you😘😘😘

04/07/2024

Hello and welcome to Speech Buddies

11/06/2024

I shead a few tears today……..

Happy tears, ones where I couldn’t be more proud or grateful.🥹

As we welcome new school contracts to the Speech Buddies family, today it was time to move on and say a happy goodbye to a very special school.

We have worked with King Street Primary school for over 5 years but for now it’s time to say ‘goodbye’ and let them fly! The difference we’ve made together, through the challenging times of Covid and through all the little lives we’ve changed through the power of communication, I couldn’t be more proud of a staff group.

King Street you made me feel like one of your own from day one. I’m going to miss seeing your faces every week but know you’ll keep on inspiring and supporting children and parents in the magical way you do.✨💫

Thank you for all your kindness and the beautiful words. 🥰

Much love
Emma xx

03/06/2024

We would love to support a new team member and Therapist covering the Darlington, Stockton, and or Middlesbrough area. Please do get touch if you’d like to know more about this role and if it could be a fit for you. Emma 😁

I’d love to work as an Independent Speech and Language Therapist but I don’t know where to start….

If you keep saying this to yourself then this could be for you.🤩🤩

Are you:

😝Scared to step out into the world of private Speech Therapy alone?

😄loving your NHS caseload but wanting change?

🤩wanting to work both privately and in the NHS

😣worried about how to run a private practice

🤪wondering how you could finance setting up

😳don’t want to work alone

🤓In need of resources and new ideas

📍Living in the North East of England

💗Love being part of a team

If any of these resonate with you we would love to welcome new team members to our practice and support your independent journey. Opportunities to work within Darlington, Stockton surrounding areas currently.

DM or email emma@speechbuddies.uk

We can’t wait to chat to you😘😘😘

23/04/2024

Wonderful words for an amazing Speech and Language Therapist.

Thank you for all you do for your clients Kara 💗💙💚

19/04/2024

We’d love to support new team members so do get in touch if you would like to know more 💗💚💙🧡

I’d love to work as an Independent Speech and Language Therapist but I don’t know where to start….

If you keep saying this to yourself then this could be for you.🤩🤩

Are you:

😝Scared to step out into the world of private Speech Therapy alone?

😄loving your NHS caseload but wanting change?

🤩wanting to work both privately and in the NHS

😣worried about how to run a private practice

🤪wondering how you could finance setting up

😳don’t want to work alone

🤓In need of resources and new ideas

📍Living in the North East of England

💗Love being part of a team

If any of these resonate with you we would love to welcome new team members to our practice and support your independent journey. Opportunities to work within Darlington, Stockton surrounding areas currently.

DM or email emma@speechbuddies.uk

We can’t wait to chat to you😘😘😘

18/04/2024

Introducing Speechie Suzie 🔤🗣️🗯️

Speech is so often confused with our buddy ‘Expression Eddie’, but when a Speech and Language Therapist talks about speech they are referring to not only the way children say words but also how little ones store and access sounds.

Speech sound development is more complicated than you might first think and relies on children being able to find the right place to say these sounds in their mouth, coordinate the muscle of speech to then put these into words, phrases, sentences and connected speech.

Then there’s the side of speech develoment that is so often forgotten about such as listening, storage, processing and phonological awareness.

The type of therapy your therapist recommend depending on the diagnosis they make.

Speechie Suzie is here to help with all aspects of ‘speech’. She’ll be explaining words such as:

🔔articulation
🔔 phonology
🔔delay
🔔disorder
🔔Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
🔔phonological awareness
🔔phonological processes

Suzie’s super power is making speech simple so that everyone can understand. She’ll be also covering speech sound development, what to expect when and processes you might expect to see as part of typical or unusual speech development.

Keep a look out for more support on speech 🦹‍♀️🗣️

16/04/2024

Your words mean the world to us 🌍

We really appreciate feedback from our amazing families. We automatically send out a questionnaire to our families after their initial assessment to find out how their first session went. We want to make sure our support is exactly what you’re looking for at all times.

If you’ve had a session with us and not filled it in yet then do let us know and we’ll pop the link out to you again.

Team Speech Buddies
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