Our Techniques

Anna Koppenhout speech and language therapist with a child during a therapy session.

Apple Tree’s experienced therapists have completed numerous postgraduate training courses over many years of clinical  practice, and are experienced in using a wide variety of approaches and resources. We will advise you on the most appropriate techniques to use with your child. You are welcome to discuss any particular approaches with us. Here are just a few that we use regularly in therapy sessions at Apple Tree:

  • Hanen “It takes two to talk” ( for children with speech and language delay; see www.hanen.org).
  • Hanen “Target Word” (for children with expressive language delay)
  • Makaton sign language
  • Parent child interaction and parent coaching
  • Colourful semantics
  • Lego Therapy
  • Aided Language Stimulation
  • Hodson’s Cycles programme
  • Jolly Phonics
  • Nuffield dyspraxia programme
  • Cued articulation
  • Core vocabulary
  • Hanen “More Than Words” (for children with autism and social communication difficulties)
  • Intensive Interaction     
  • PECs              
  • “TEACCH”          
  • Visual supports including Boardmaker symbols
  • SCERTS Social Communication, Emotional Regulation and Transactional Support)
  • Social stories
  • Selective mutism ( Maggie Johnson)
  • Stammering (Palin and James)
  • Social Thinking (Michelle Garcia Winner)
  • Ayres Sensory Integration
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Caroline Bowen training in assessment and treatment of speech disorders
  • Attention autism

Contact us if you would like to find out more  about speech and language therapy for your child at Apple Tree.

Why Choose Apple Tree Speech and Language Therapy?

  • Established for over two decades with 40 years of combined experience in NHS & private practice
  • We provide specialist services to help your child, grow, flourish and reach their potential
  • We use a variety of techniques and therapeutic approaches based on clinical experience and research evidence.
  • We devise an individualised treatment plan for your child. Therapy is adapted to suit each child’s needs and interests
  • We work closely with you as parents to find appropriate strategies to develop your child’s communication in everyday life.
  • Therapy involves discovering what activities will motivate your child to communicate more effectively
  • We use games that your child enjoys and that can be easily incorporated into family or school routines.
  • Children are usually more relaxed in a familiar setting. Your child may be seen at home, nursery or school to suit his or her needs

I would highly recommend the services of Anna to other families.

What I never realised as a mother is that a therapist can guide you as the parent, (who spends the most time with your child) as to how best to communicate with your child. They are trained to see exactly what level your child is functioning at and how to pitch your communication at the right level. I would highly recommend the services of Anna to other families.

LR Bromley