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Communication and Interaction Advisory Service

Part of the Communication, Interaction, Physical and Sensory Advisory Service (CIPS) our Communication and Interaction service area supports children with speech and language, autism or social communication needs and education settings.

This service area has three support offers:

What is the age range of children that each service works with?

  • Education and Communication Help through Outreach (ECHO) – Primary
  • Speech and Language Centre (SLC) – Reception - Key Stage 1
  • Autism and Social Communication (ASC) – Reception to year 11

How do I request support?

Parent carers, education settings and health professionals can make a request for support to CIPS by: 

You will then be sent a request for support form to complete.

  • Please Note: Referrals for the Speech and Language Centre can only be made by highly specialised speech and language therapists