Meet the Speech and Language Therapists

I qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 2004 from De Montfort University Leicester. I then spent 18 years working in Mid-Essex within a wide variety of clinical settings including Speech and Language Units, Community Clinics and Specialist Schools. Following my ADOS training in 2010, I began to work within the diagnostic clinics and developed my interest in working with Neurodiverse children and young people. Subsequent training has largely focused on this topic and I have completed additional training in PACT, PECS, Attention Autism, BOSA, Intensive Interaction as well as other courses relating to more general communication and speech therapy. During the Pandemic, I was redeployed with the Integrated Care Team alongside the District Nurses, dressing leg ulcers and pressure sores, confirming to me that I was definitely not built for nursing!

I qualified as a Speech and Language therapist in 2008. Since that time, I have enjoyed working in a variety of roles across both health and education sectors; including community clinics, mainstream and specialist schools, adult rehabilitation, and acute inpatient settings. I have experience of working with children and adults with a range of developmental and acquired neurological conditions; providing assessment and therapy. I have completed a range of post graduate training, including PECS, Attention Autism, Intensive Interaction and Lego Therapy.