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“Magic words are truly amazing. They work incredibly hard, are extremely professional and they have such a high standard of work. They have been a great addition to the college.”
Which education settings is the Magic Words service designed for?
Our specialist speech and language therapy service is commissioned by a broad range of educational establishments, supporting children, teens and young adults to communicate and access learning.
We have the expertise to support:
- Day Nurseries & preschools
- Mainstream primary and secondary schools and academies
- Independent schools
- Special schools, specialist units, ARPs and PRUs
- Further education colleges & universities
How can we support you and your students?
Qualified Professionals
Our highly-skilled team of therapists and assistant practitioners can support a broad range of needs.
Dedicated Therapist
We assign a therapist or therapy team to suit the level of need of your students and your unique budget.
Assessment
Your therapist helps identify pupils to prioritise, carries out in-depth assessment & provides reports.
Neurodiversity Affirming
We work in a way that affirms and celebrates neurodiversity, supporting awareness in the self and in communities.
Effective Therapy
Our evidence based one-to-one and group intervention programmes help your pupils reach their potential.
Measurement
Your therapist measures each student’s progress, updates their targets and provides annual review reports.
Communication is Key
We show you how to provide a communication supportive environment at your school to benefit all your students.
Ongoing Support
Your therapist is on hand to support teaching staff & parents, providing advice and training whenever needed.
The process for commissioning your speech & language therapy service
Step 1: Fact finding chat
One of our team will fill you in about how our service could work in your setting and answer any questions you might have. You can tell us about the unique needs of your school and individual students you have concerns about.
Step 2: Bespoke package design
We will put together a tailor-made package for your school or setting to suit your budget and the level of need of your cohort. Within a few weeks we can mobilise a therapist or therapy team to make speech therapy magic in your school.
Step 3: We are lift off!
Once the necessary paperwork has been filled in your therapist or therapy team will visit your setting and start providing your bespoke speech and language therapy service, supporting your students to communicate, learn and thrive.
Speech & Language Therapy approaches we can use with your students
Our Speech and Language Therapists and Assistant Practitioners are trained and experienced in using a range of evidence-based therapeutic approaches to help children and young people with a range of speech, language, communication and feeding needs. Here are some of the therapy approaches we use:
- Attention Autism
- Makaton signing
- Colourful Semantics
- Lego Therapy
- Autism Level-UP
- Intensive Interaction
- Elklan approaches
Our Impact
Our award winning Speech and Language Therapy team has been working in schools and other education settings such as nurseries and preschools and further education colleges for over ten years.
132,804
hours of speech and language therapy delivered into schools
188
schools partnered with
11,340
people helped
since 2015
We can support students with a broad range of communication needs including:
- Autism
- Speech sound difficulties
- Developmental Language Disorder
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- Stammering
- Situational Mutism
- d/Deafness
- Global Developmental Delay
- Cerebral Palsy
- Down’s Syndrome
- Auditory Processing Disorder
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Magic Words is proud to be a safe space for all LGBTQIA+ clients. We are also proud to provide specialist therapy for trans and nonbinary individuals to support them in finding a voice that reflects their true identity.
Our Speech & Language Therapy Packages for Education Settings
Star Package
- A qualified SaLT is assigned
- The SaLT asssesses the pupils and sets targets for intervention for each pupil
- The SaLT provides ongoing 1:1 and group intervention
- The SaLT provides specialist advice & EHCP support
Day rate: £381 *
(£408 for specialist settings*)
Rainbow Package
- A therapy team is assigned consisting of a SaLT & a SaLTAP
- The SaLT assesses the pupils and sets targets for intervention for each pupil
- The SaLTAP provdies ongoing 1:1 and group intervention
- The SaLT provides specialist advice & EHCP support
SaLTAP day rate: £277 *
SaLT day rate: £381 / £408 *
What's the difference between a SaLT and SaLTAP?
Our SaLTAPs are highly experienced in working with SEN and SLCN. Many are SaLT degree apprentices or aspiring SaLTs. Find out more about the difference →
* Mainstream schools with specialist bases where the therapy team will be expected to work with students in the bases will require specialist rate pricing. SaLTAP rates are the same across all settings, including specialist schools, units and further education colleges.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our therapists can assess 2 pupils per day on average. Particularly complex cases do require more time and some straight-forward cases might require less time.
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Our Speech Therapists will typically do a classroom / playground / learning observation, consult with the pupil’s main teacher, speak to parents /carers, carry out formal and / or informal assessment and speak to any other professionals involved.
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We must have signed parental / carer consent before beginning work with any pupil under the age of 18.
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Yes we can. Some EHCPs specify that the intervention must be carried out by a qualified Speech and Language Therapist and in these cases we will ensure that our SaLTs take these cases on.
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Our Speech and Language Therapists can support with the writing of EHCP applications and reviews.
Still have questions?
What schools say about our expert Speech & Language Therapists
About our Speech & Language Therapists
We select people to join our award winning therapy team who have high levels of creativity and passion for the field of Speech and Language Therapy. We’re proud of our team’s collective sense of purpose and vision. Together we are forging a new way of supporting children and young people with speech, language and communication challenges that’s focused on empowering them to communicate confidently and comfortably, to believe in themselves and take up space in the world, to understand their unique strengths, challenges and communication and learning styles, and to be able to advocate for their own needs with pride in who they are. At Magic Words we are committed to providing neurodiversity-affirming therapy and to educating others about this continually evolving area of expertise.
All of our Speech and Language Therapists are accredited with the HCPC and RCSLT.
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