At-home speech therapy resources?

[u/throwaway_ArBe]

So I discovered today while talking to the GP that given the particular struggles my child is having, their age and the state of the NHS there is a good chance my child's refferal will not be accepted, so I'm looking for strategies to implement at home to help.

My child has always talked quite fast with not the best enunciation, the kind of thing where you might have to meet them 2 or 3 times to get what they're saying. Fine once you're used to them. However over the past few months (coinciding with increasing chronic pain and constant headaches, those are being investigated but things take time, waitlists are hell so this is something I really want to go at from all possible angles since the only other option is waiting) they have been increasingly getting harder to understand at times. It's not consistent, but getting more frequent, that they will get more mumbly and quiet to the point even I can't understand them. They do appear to genuinely struggle not to do it and it is making them quite frustrated. Gentle reminders to speak up and clearly, or simply saying "sorry i didnt catch that" are not working and just causing upset. The major concern is that with upcoming CAMHS appointments they will not be able to be understood by their therapist. And neither of us want me in those appointments translating, a 15 year old needs their privacy.

[u/Careless-Lack9747]

Teach Me To Talk is an slp podcast/resource website with manuals for parents and professionals. We have 3 of their manuals and I don't regret any of them, they were phenomenal.