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"Lovely appointment with Speech and language therapist"

About: Specialist Child Health & Disability / Speech and Language Therapy Services

(as a parent/guardian),

My daughter had an appointment recently in Dungannon clinic with speech and language therapist Keira. She worked well with my daughter and she has such a fun way of carrying out her assessment using toys. She was able to identify a few areas were my daughter is delayed in her sounds. She showed us an easy strategy to try and improve her P sound and she reassured me that the S sound could still be developing and how my daughter is doing it can take up to age 7 to correct, she told me she would be able to help my daughter at this age if she needs it. Keira also told me to contact any time I should need any information or help with my daughter starting P1 in September, I really appreciated this. It was also lovely to hear the progress she feels my child has made. My daughter really enjoyed her time with Keira and said afterwards "that was fun!" Thank you Keira, we look forward to seeing you again at our next review 😊 

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Response from Anne McCourt, Operational Lead, Speech and Language Therapy, Children and Young People's Directorate, Southern Health and Social Care Trust 2 months ago
Anne McCourt
Operational Lead, Speech and Language Therapy, Children and Young People's Directorate,
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Submitted on 21/08/2025 at 09:48
Published on Care Opinion at 09:48


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Thank you EMO1 for letting us know about your daughter's positive experience at her appointment with Keira. This is no surprise to me. Keira is renowned within our team for her clinical excellence and for her ability to make assessment and intervention fun and engaging for children.

It pleases me that you felt reassured by Keira's findings. She has obviously communicated clearly to you, in making sure that you were given information around our expectations on children's speech sound development. I am also pleased that Keira has encouraged you to keep in contact.

I hope that the start of P1 goes well for your daughter. It sounds like she is coming on well and is ready for this next big step.

I will make sure to share your kind words with Keira and with the wider SLT team. Your story will make Keira's day, as it has mine.

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