Speech, language and communication

This Pathway helps children and young people in Devon (excluding Plymouth) with difficulties regarding their speech, language and communication related to:

• Speech sound development
• Language development
• Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)
• Social communication and interaction
• Dysfluency (stammering)
• Cleft lip and palate
• Voice
• Selective/situational mutism
• D/deafness, loss of hearing and multisensory impairment

CFHD specialists you might receive care from in this Pathway:

• Speech and Language Therapists
• Speech and Language Therapy Assistants

Advice line

If you would like to talk to a Speech & Language Therapist to discuss your child / a child you work with please call our advice line 0333 321 9448 which is open once a week, alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays between 2pm – 4.30pm, and aims to provide general support and advice.

PLEASE NOTE: We are pleased to share the SLT advice line will now be open today, 16 July 2026 from 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm. 

Downloads for this Pathway

Following discharge, some young people will be placed on a PIFU plan. If your child has been discharged with a PIFU plan, you can contact the service directly for further support during an agreed time period (e.g. 3, 6 or 12 months). This will be outlined in your discharge information. 

PIFU means follow-up is led by you, based on your needs, rather than automatically scheduled. It’s offered when further support may be helpful but not routinely needed. 

Please only use the PIFU referral form if this option was offered to you at discharge.