Speech and language therapists support children and adults who experience challenges with their communication. Some therapists are qualified to support those with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (known as dysphagia).
I have specialised as a children’s speech and language therapist, with particular interest in supporting pre-school and primary aged children. I thrive from working with and supporting those around the child, including parents, teachers and other professionals to make goals that are functional and personal.
I qualified from Birmingham City University in 2018 and started working as a full time Speech and Language Therapist in the NHS, initially working in a generalist role supporting a wide range of speech, language and communication needs. After a couple of years, I specialised and primarily supported children with speech sound disorders, language disorders (DLD) and Selective Mutism. Part of my role also involved completing Autism assessments (ADOS & ADI-R formal assessments) and working within a multi-disciplinary team within an Autism diagnostic service.
I am now working part time in the NHS supporting a range of speech, language and communication needs whilst also working privately.
Empowering parents, carers and staff to support children to develop and enhance their communication skills is something I always aim to do, whilst offering direct intervention (when appropriate) to work on set targets and strategies.
I am always seeking additional training and amongst other courses, I have attended Shape Coding training, Selective Mutism (Maggie Johnson) training, ADOS & ADI-R training and Core Vocabulary training.
Sessions can be held at your home or in your child’s setting (school or pre-school). I have availability to cover certain areas within the Northeast Lincolnshire area (Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Waltham, Brigg etc.) and North Lincolnshire (Caistor, Louth, Market Rasen, Horncastle).
I also work in an NHS team, therefore I am required to work outside of their NHS catchment area for this role so I am unable to support areas outside of the above. For families requiring support and advice for Selective Mutism (up to the end of primary school aged), I am able to offer coaching and consultative appointments for parents/, carers and educational settings virtually. Please get in touch for more information.
Due to having limited capacity, I am currently only supporting pre-school and primary school aged children. Depending on my availability I am sometimes able to offer a one-off assessment for advice for secondary aged children, please contact me to discuss this further.
My usual working day is Mondays. There are occasions where I can offer weekend or evening appointments depending on availability and to be agreed in advance.
I am able to deliver bespoke training packages to educational providers focusing on Selective Mutism, language development and/or speech sound development. Please contact me to discuss your needs further.
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