Speech therapy
Speech therapy at City Lit has specialised in work with adults who stammer for over 40 years and is viewed as a UK national and international centre of excellence. A team of highly experienced specialist speech and language therapists teach a broad range for adults who stammer, including day-time intensive courses, evening courses and short workshops, as well as a well -developed follow-up programme to provide ongoing support. The team also offer professional training courses for qualified speech and language therapists.
Speech Therapy at City Lit was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2007 in recognition of their innovative and ground-breaking work. The department has also won the national Opening Doors to Adult Learners Award 2008, promoted by NIACE (the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education).
Speech therapy March newsletter
Watch a video of a student talking about his experience
Adam talks about what he enjoyed most about his speech and language therapy course at City Lit. Watch here >
Speech therapy team helps top British actor
James McAvoy recently came to City Lit as preparation for a new play in which his character has a stammer. Read more >
» Click here to view a prospectus pdf for Speech therapy
- Acceptance and commitment therapy: a new approach to stammering
- Communication skills for people with learning difficulties who stammer
- Effective speaking in groups
- Fluency skills update (for people who stammer)
- Refresher workshop for people who stammer
- Speak more fluently: follow-up to block modification
- Speaking circle for people who stammer
- Telephone skills for people who stammer
Browse full range of courses
- Visual arts
- Art foundation and portfolio preparation courses
- Art history
- Bookbinding, book arts and conservation
- Calligraphy
- Ceramics
- Design
- Digital arts
- Drawing
- Drawing and painting from life
- Fibre arts: textiles and basketry
- Graphic design, DTP, illustration and cartooning
- Interior decoration
- Jewellery
- Mosaics
- Offsite and studio development courses
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Professional practice
- Sculpture
- Sewing and clothes making
- View all in Visual arts
- Find out more about the Visual arts department
- Photography
- Computer applications including Photoshop and web site creation
- Documentary, visual journalism, photojournalism
- General and specialist courses taking photography further
- History, theory and philosophy
- Introductory and beginners courses
- Lighting and studio techniques
- Photographing London
- Portfolio and project creation, assessment, and exhibiting
- View all in Photography
- Find out more about the Photography department
- Languages
- Arabic
- Catalan
- Chinese (Mandarin)
- Classical languages
- Cornish
- Czech
- Dutch
- French
- Gaelic (Scottish)
- German
- Hindi
- Italian
- Japanese
- Language tasters
- Modern foreign languages teacher training
- Modern Greek
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swahili
- Welsh
- View all in Languages
- Find out more about the Languages department
- Drama, dance and speech
- Accredited dance courses
- Advanced acting courses
- Audition workshops
- Communication courses for speakers of other languages
- Courses for professional actors
- Dance and movement
- Follow-on drama courses
- Introductory drama courses
- Media courses: TV, radio and sound
- One and two-day courses
- One-week intensive courses
- One-year advanced diploma
- One-year drama access course
- One-year drama foundation course
- Professional skills - technical
- Professional skills for actors
- Professional theatre company
- Summer school
- Sunday courses
- Voice, speech and communication
- View all in Drama, dance and speech
- Find out more about the Drama, dance and speech department
- Humanities
- Anthropology
- Business and economics
- Communications and study skills
- Creative writing
- English for second language speakers
- Film
- Folklore, myth and spiritual studies
- History
- History and politics
- Journalism
- Latin America
- Literature
- London walks
- Philosophy
- Science and environment
- Summer school: Britain in the 1930s
- View all in Humanities
- Find out more about the Humanities department
- Music
- Health and movement studies
- Alexander technique
- Anatomy and physiology
- Complementary health studies
- Continuing professional development for therapists
- Energy and healing
- Massage and bodywork: introductory level
- Massage and bodywork: professional practitioner level
- Meditation and stress management
- Movement classes
- Nutrition and food safety
- Professional development for movement instructors
- Self-defence
- Yoga
- Your progression routes to teaching
- View all in Health and movement studies
- Find out more about the Health and movement studies department
- Computing
- Apple Mac
- Basic computing
- Courses leading to a qualification
- Desktop publishing
- eBay, podcasting and blogging
- Graphic illustration and multimedia
- Interests
- Mac software
- Microsoft Office 2007 applications
- Networking
- PC maintenance
- Programming
- Sunday courses
- The internet
- Web page design
- View all in Computing
- Find out more about the Computing department
- Psychology, counselling & personal development
- English, maths & ESOL
- Deaf education
- Careers in care work
- Access to higher education
- Progress - courses for people with learning difficulties
- Speech therapy
- Teacher & management training
Featured course
Enrolment evening - Tuesday 13 July
Why City Lit?
If you are looking for a great choice of inspiring courses; a bright, modern environment to learn in located in central London; the opportunity to have fun and meet like-minded people, we look forward to seeing you at City Lit!