Croydon children’s speech therapy delays could cause them to ‘withdraw socially’

“All the skills she seemed to have picked up when she was receiving her SALT have gone. When it is finally sorted, she will be going back to square one, and she will be really far behind her peers,” said Zahra Allen, a Croydon parent whose non-verbal daughter Khari has gone months without vital speech and language therapy (SALT) following a controversial decision by Croydon Council.