Caregiver Views of Communication Barriers Within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Children With and Without Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)

Sue Livermore, Jessica Botting, Nicola Botting, Centre for Language and Communication Science Research, City St George, s University of London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Published online on March 06, 2026

Abstract

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Ahead of Print.
BackgroundCommunication is a key component in successful talking therapies. Furthermore, the association between Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) and mental-health problems is well-established and we might expect this group to have ...