I have been working with children that have communication difficulties for 20 years: 4 years completing the degree course in Speech Sciences at UCL university and 16 years as a qualified speech and language therapist.  

 

I have developed my skills working in the NHS and became a band 7 ‘Highly Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist’.

I worked with children with more complex needs such as cerebal palsy, various syndromes and autism. I was the Primary Care Trust’s specialist in autism and have worked with children from 9 months to 18 years at home, in mainstream schools and in special schools and units.

I also worked with children under 7 with more common communication difficulties. I have a particular interest in children with speech difficulties but also work with children with language difficulties and stammers.  

 

I am passionate about keeping up to date with the latest therapy techniques and research. As part of this commitment I have been on numerous training courses including:

Lidcombe course for stammering

Hanen: “It takes two to talk” training

MaKaton signing stages 1-8

 

I am registered with all the appropriate professional bodies; the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), the Health Professions Council (HPC) and the Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practise, (ASLTIP).

 

I have 2 children Eve and Rae and am now working part time privately.