Nuffield Speech and Language Unit


Nuffield Speech and Language Unit has become an internationally recognised centre of excellence for providing intensive therapy to children who suffer from severe speech and language disorders. More specifically these can be:

  • Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia
  • Dysarthria
  • Oral dyspraxia
  • Severe language disorders
  • Severe receptive language disorder

It can take in children as young as four years of age, who without expert therapy would not be able to ever go on to enter and survive in mainstream education.

It is administered to by the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust.

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