Speech & Language Therapy

The Speech and Language Therapy team at Vranch House is jointly led by Sophie Johns, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and Iris Gordon-Bouvier, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for AAC, supported by Adele Jeffs, Speech and Language Therapy assistant.

Sophie Johns

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Joint Lead)

Iris Gordon-Bouvier

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for AAC (Joint Lead)

Adele Jeffs

Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

Speech and Language Therapy team at Vranch House

Vranch House School

We take a holistic and child-centred approach to supporting children with communication needs at Vranch House, with a focus on promoting social participation, emotional wellbeing and building meaningful connections by adopting principles of intensive interaction, using a total communication approach throughout the school, and implementing the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).

An in-house supplemental specialist dysphagia service is provided to Vranch House pupils who experience eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties.

Outpatients

Vranch House provides a specialist outpatient service for the assessment and intervention of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, for children and young people up to age 18, in Exeter and Devon (excluding Plymouth), in association with Children and Family Health Devon and AAC West. A child may be referred to this service via The Single Point of Access.

Who do we see?

We see children aged 0–18 years old who are likely to benefit from high tech AAC — those who are non-speaking or who have limited speech which is mostly unintelligible.

We see children from Exeter, East, Mid, North and South Devon.

Where do we see them

Appointments may take place virtually, in the child's school or in one of our clinic spaces. This is decided upon dependent on the nature of the referral.

How to access this support

All referrals are made by Single Point of Access: Referral forms – Children and Family Health Devon

Please fill in the “General Speech, Language and Communication” referral form and accompanying “complex needs triage checklist” on the same link: Communication, Language and Literacy Branch Map

Referral via Children and Family Health Devon

Forms needed: General SLC referral form + Complex needs triage checklist

Access Referral Forms

Make a Referral

Referrals for Speech & Language Therapy are made via Children and Family Health Devon's Single Point of Access.