Yes, definitely. We offer rapid assessment slots and are happy to offer interim advice or therapy until you get an appointment within the NHS or we may be able to sort the problem before your appointment comes through in some cases.
All treatment charges are to current published independent guidelines and nothing is planned without agreement. Therapy can cease at anytime.
We can offer training packages and specialist support to mainstream schools. We can liaise with any or all professionals who need to be involved.
Don’t worry it could be part of a normal phase but we can assess and intervene if required.
This is very typical, however, it may affect him at school both with reading and making him the target for teasing/bullying. We can arrange a very simple programme to help this, which can have quite fast results in most cases.
Anyone with Aspergers syndrome or ‘on the autistic spectrum’ will have a communication difficulty of some degree. Although his spoken language may appear fine he might be experiencing problems with higher level language skills especially understanding. A SmallTalk therapist would assess his pragmatic skills and verbal reasoning among other things, which can have an important part to play in making friends and functioning to his potential within society.