SALT of the Earth
Hi All,
Whew, hasn't it been hot the last few days. We got loads of rain after we had the anglian man in to install a new patio door - so of course our youngest who hates loud noise (rather large drill being deployed in dining room brick wall) and hissin rain on his head, had to go out for a walk. Sports day was cancelled and bedtime quickly became a welcome relief for all!
I came across the word SALT for the first time the other day, I usually have referred to them as SLTs or Speech and Language Therapists but I think SALT such an apt abbreviation. Old favourites sayings sprang to mind like "salt of the earth" and "a pinch of salt".
It was "a pinch of salt" that set me thinking the most. In our experience, SALTs are seen in some quarters as a bit of an add on service. We have struggled sometimes to convince all the professionals that parents need more time with a SALT to help their child.
The provision of SALT in our area is, shall we say, on the conserative side. SALT spend much of their time reporting, training, evaluating, feedback etc and they have to do all this in - 6 x 90 minute sessions per year or thereabouts depending on the needs of the child. Taking into account all these factors, I reckon we will have about one hour this year from a SALT for specific one to one teaching with our son.
Most SALT are provided by the NHS and I would like to think that some extra SALT time could be provided for within the education budget to complement and enhance the service. Again the old faithful "go private" waves the flag but surely we could be doing more to attract people into the local authority services and NHS - then all our children would benefit.
So can we please have a little more than just "a pinch of salt" and extra time with these important therapists.
Regards
DIL
Whew, hasn't it been hot the last few days. We got loads of rain after we had the anglian man in to install a new patio door - so of course our youngest who hates loud noise (rather large drill being deployed in dining room brick wall) and hissin rain on his head, had to go out for a walk. Sports day was cancelled and bedtime quickly became a welcome relief for all!
I came across the word SALT for the first time the other day, I usually have referred to them as SLTs or Speech and Language Therapists but I think SALT such an apt abbreviation. Old favourites sayings sprang to mind like "salt of the earth" and "a pinch of salt".
It was "a pinch of salt" that set me thinking the most. In our experience, SALTs are seen in some quarters as a bit of an add on service. We have struggled sometimes to convince all the professionals that parents need more time with a SALT to help their child.
The provision of SALT in our area is, shall we say, on the conserative side. SALT spend much of their time reporting, training, evaluating, feedback etc and they have to do all this in - 6 x 90 minute sessions per year or thereabouts depending on the needs of the child. Taking into account all these factors, I reckon we will have about one hour this year from a SALT for specific one to one teaching with our son.
Most SALT are provided by the NHS and I would like to think that some extra SALT time could be provided for within the education budget to complement and enhance the service. Again the old faithful "go private" waves the flag but surely we could be doing more to attract people into the local authority services and NHS - then all our children would benefit.
So can we please have a little more than just "a pinch of salt" and extra time with these important therapists.
Regards
DIL
posted by Parent at
8:12 PM
1 Comments:
salts in our area(cornwall) are few and far between(or so it seems) and our son, up to now, has rarely seen the same one twice.We went down the go private route but got no responses to our ads with the SLT DEPT,So I think its probably down to a general lack of personnel. A funding issue perhaps?? heads and brick walls come to mind!! We muddle through somehow.
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