Our projects & services

Support for parents is provided primarily through:

• School Transition Courses, held in the summer holidays for children moving on to Secondary School.
• Our pioneering DLD Together Training Courses for parents.
• Our Parents/Carers’ Telephone Helpline.

Primary to Secondary School Transition Courses 

Is your child moving from Primary School to Secondary School and do you feel they would benefit from additional help with managing this transition?

This week-long course takes place in a School (usually a Secondary School), during the summer holidays.  We try to arrange as many courses as possible, in many schools throughout the UK, with the help of school staff, speech and language therapists and volunteers.

If you are a parent/carer and would like your child to attend a course locally, please let your school know about this course and also contact our Transition Course Coordinator (link below).

In 2025 we successfully piloted a National Online Course too, for children unable to attend a course in their local area. If you are a parent or carer of a child currently in year 6, with speech, language and communication needs, and would like to register your interest in the online course for Summer 2026, please see here Expression Of Interest – National, Online School Transition Course –

Are you a SLT, or teacher who would like to help deliver a course to children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs?

We are always looking for help to deliver these essential courses.   If you are a SLT, SENCO or Teaching Staff please see here for further information Course Information for Professionals

Read about our 2025 Courses here https://afasic.org.uk/primary-to-secondary-school-transition-courses-summer-2025/  and for further information on future courses, see 2026 Summer Transition Courses

If you would like to be a volunteer please click on the Get Involved link below.

For any further information, please contact our Course Coordinator, Michele at: TCC@afasic.org.uk

DLD Together, Online Course for Parents

This online course usually runs one evening per week for 7 weeks. It is for parents/carers of children diagnosed with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).

For more information please see the link below or contact our Parent Engagement Officer Claire Hoyle    ClaireH@afasic.org.uk

Here you can watch a short awareness video that was filmed at our recent DLDFEST event in 2024.
Please share this video to raise awareness of DLD. Video Here

Parent Telephone Helpline

Our Parent Telephone Helpline is open on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10.30am to 4.00pm. Outside of these times, or if you prefer, there is an option to leave an email enquiry and Alison, our Helpline Manager will get back to you.

For further information please see the Helpline link below.