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Minister Goggins has announced that children across Northern Ireland are to benefit from an additional £1million for speech & language therapy services. [This funding was first announced in March 2006.]
GOGGINS ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
Children across Northern Ireland are to benefit from an additional £1million for speech & language therapy services.
Health Minister, Paul Goggins said the funds will provide for the recruitment of additional speech & language therapists and assistants to better address communication problems for children with special education needs. The funds will also provide early interventions and treatment for children in a range of settings including special schools.
This additional funding was first announced in March 2006 as part of the Children and Young People's Package
The Minister said: "Speech & language therapy is a vital part of the assessment and treatment for those children with special educational needs.
"The early intervention and treatment teams which are being set up from the Children & Young People Funding Package will make a real difference for children with a learning disability. The addition funding will be targeted at children who need it most through close co-operation between health professionals and school principals.”
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Children and Young People Funding Package - March 2006 pdf