If you have concerns about a child’s speech and language development and are thinking about referring to Speech and Language therapy:

1. Complete supporting paperwork relevant to the child’s age. These are designed to help you identify whether a referral is needed and can also be used to monitor a child’s progress with their speech and language skills.

• BRISC Book 1: Ages 18 months to 3 years 6 months
• BRISC Book 2: Ages 4-7 (equates to reception KS1)
• BRISC Book 3: Ages 7-11 (equates to KS2)
• Secondary school screening form

There is also a Speech Sound Checklist. This must be completed if you have concerns about the way a child uses sounds when talking. Please click here to access the Speech Sound Checklist Pictures.

2. If the supporting paperwork indicates that a referral is appropriate, discuss and agree referral with parents / carer. Obtain consent.
3. For children not yet in school, complete the Preschool Referral Form (SPORFI). Return the form to the admin address on the referral form.
4. For all other children complete the school age Referral Form.  Return the form to the CIT admin email address on the referral form.
5. If the supporting paperwork suggests a referral is not needed at this time, visit our resources and advice for  strategies on how to support speech and language development. You can also look at the OCC Local Offer, Ordinarily Available Toolkit (OAT).

Occupational Therapy only accept referrals from health professionals, educational professionals and social and community services.

OT Referral Criteria

The quality of information you give us helps us to understand your young person’s needs.

We need to know what occupational or functional difficulties your young person is having such as:

• The physical difficulties a child is having with dressing, washing and eating.  Telling us that your young person has poor fine motor skills, does not give us the information we need.  The more details you give us about what task you want your young person to get better at and why, helps us to prioritise their needs.
• Telling us about your young persons difficulties both at home and school.  We have parent and teacher questionnaires in the refer to us section to help guide you in giving us the information we need.

Referral for a child who has a complex neurological or genetic condition or is under 5

• For all under 5’s, please complete the SPORFI form and send to the relevant Early Support Programme Officer ( address details at the bottom of the form for each area)
• For all over 5’s please complete the OT referral form, adding as much information as possible.

Referral for Primary School aged children with developmental or coordination difficulties

Before considering a referral, please ensure you have used the information to identify the child’s difficulties, put strategies in place and have documented any outcomes for a minimum of 12 weeks.  Following this, a referral is appropriate when the child has made no identifiable improvements.

12-week Intervention Process

Making a referral:  please ensure the documents below are completed in full. We do not accept incomplete forms.

• the Referral Form
• the Parent Questionnaire and
• the 12 Week Teacher Questionnaire

Referral for Secondary School aged young people with developmental or coordination difficulties

You need to complete these forms and email them back to:  OxonChildrens.Therapies@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

• Referral Form
• Parent Questionnaire
• Teacher Questionnaire

Physiotherapy only accept referrals from health professionals, educational professionals and social and community services.

Referral guidelines CCPS

Please complete the form fully detailing the functional difficulties that the child or young person has.

Referral for children under five years

You need to complete this form and email it back to the address at the bottom of the form:

• Please complete the early years referral form* and send to the relevant Early Support Programme Officer.

Referral for children over 5

You need to complete this form and email it to the address at the bottom of the form:

• Referral Form