{"id":1740,"date":"2025-07-23T15:57:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/slt-clinic\/?page_id=1740"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:12:39","slug":"adult-clinic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/slt-clinic\/adult-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thank you for your patience over the last year whilst our adult clinic service has been in a period of redevelopment. We have worked hard to enhance the services we offer, ensuring that what we are providing is evidence based and is a better experience for clients and their families. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>To attend our clinic you \/ the adult you support must:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Be able to travel to our clinic\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Be happy for students to be involved in every aspect of the SLT journey, including observation, involvement in or running of sessions and liaison with your child\u2019s education setting and other professionals<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Live in an area with an RG postcode<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Be aged 18 or over<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our pathways are delivered by student speech and language therapists who are closely supervised by qualified specialist speech and language therapists.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We are actively managing our caseload and we only recruit to the pathways available for the next semester.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>We offer one-to-one sessions and group sessions for people who have communication difficulties after a stroke, and for people who stammer.<\/p>\n<p>You can click the links below to find out more and see how to make a referral.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note<\/strong> <strong>that we don&#8217;t accept referrals<\/strong> for urgent eating, drinking or swallowing difficulties, ongoing management of long term progressive neurological disease, mental health needs or dementia. If you are worried about any of these things, please contact your GP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anyone can refer to our Aphasia Book Club and Conversation Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<a class=\"mks_button mks_button_large rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/slt-clinic\/book-club-for-adults-with-aphasia\" target=\"_self\" style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #1e73be;\" ><i class=\"icon-book-open\"><\/i>Aphasia book club<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<a class=\"mks_button mks_button_large rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/slt-clinic\/online-conversation-cafe\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #dd9933;\" ><i class=\"icon-users\"><\/i>Online conversation cafe<\/a>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<a class=\"mks_button mks_button_large rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/slt-clinic\/fluency-group\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #81d742;\" ><i class=\"icon-volume-2\"><\/i>Support group for adults who stammer<\/a>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>One to one sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We only take referrals from speech and language therapists or other health professionals for one to one sessions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<a class=\"mks_button mks_button_large rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/slt-clinic\/stroke-communication-assessment-and-support\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #aa71e2;\" ><i class=\"icon-arrow-right\"><\/i>Stroke communication assessment &amp; support<\/a>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<a class=\"mks_button mks_button_large rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/slt-clinic\/communication-partner-training\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #348e2a;\" ><i class=\"icon-bubbles\"><\/i>Communication partner training<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your patience over the last year whilst our adult clinic service has been in a period of redevelopment. 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