Assessment of Communication

Comprehensive assessment of an individuals communication skills and needs. We have access to a wide range of assessment to suit varying levels of skill. We can assess; verbal comprehension, written comprehension, expression, understanding and use of grammar, symbolic understanding, vocabulary and word finding, auditory processing and memory, narrative, higher level language skills e.g. theory of mind, social inferencing, non literal language, pragmatic skills and social skills. (This list is not exhaustive). 

Communication Advice

From assessment we can create communication advice and written guidelines tailored to individuals. This can include the creation of communication profiles or communication passports if necessary. 

1:1 Direct Intervention

We can offer a wide range of 1:1 evidenced based therapies identified from assessment. 

Mental Capacity Assessments

We can support Mental Capacity Assessments in a variety of ways. We can conduct assessment to identify the support and adjustments individuals need to undertake an assessment. We can create tailored made accessible resources to help an individuals comprehension and ability to communicate the decision. We can also conduct the assessment as an independent decision maker and provide a written report.  

Total Communication Environment

We can conduct audits of your environment and provide recommendations and/or resources to support you to create a total communication environment for your service users.  

Training Packages 

We can offer a variety of communication training packages to suit your needs. We can create bespoke training packages if you need something more specific. We can arrange a venue close by or you can significantly reduce the costs by hosting the training at your site. We offer training manuals and a certificate of attendance to all participants. 

Easy Read Information

We can advise or create easy read information for individuals suitable to their needs, in line with the Accessible Information Standard.

Report Writing

We can write reports for a variety of audiences depending on the need. All communication assessments are followed up with a comprehensive written report of the findings with recommendations.

Attendance at meetings

We can attend meetings with other professionals or services if necessary.