I qualified from Leeds Metropolitan University in 2004 and worked in the NHS Speech and Language Therapy service for over 18 years. I started my independent practice in February 2022. I have worked with many of the early years settings and schools in North Devon within both roles.
I am experienced in working with children and young people aged 0 - 16 years of age. I can provide assessments, evidence-based therapy and programmes of work for both families and schools to work through.
I have carried on with my professional learning and attended further courses working with children with the following types of speech, language and communication needs
- Speech sound delays, disorders and verbal dyspraxia
- Stammering (both pre school with the Lidcombe programme, and school aged with the Swindon Fluency training)
- Selective mutism (for both environmental advice and specific programmes of intervention
- Developmental Language Disorder (for both difficulties with understanding and use of spoken language, including vocabulary difficulties)
- Parent-Child Interaction strategies to enable parents and early years setting to best support children's language development (including the Hanen Approach).
- I am Makaton trained to stage 4.
- Training for Staff in private early years settings, childminders, nurseries and school staff.
I am registered with the following organisations;
- Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- The Health and Care Professionals Council
- The Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice
- I also hold an enhanced DBS check