I am a speech and language therapist, currently working as part of the Autism diagnostic team in ESNEFT’s Community Paediatrics Department. I have a particular clinical interest in the areas of mental health, selective mutism and autism.

I graduated from Birmingham City University in 2008 and since then I have spent my career working in a variety of settings. I have worked with children, young people and adults with a range of communication needs.

This has included working in the areas of autism, learning disability, mental health and within the Criminal Justice System. Within these roles I have honed my skills in assessment as well as delivering ongoing therapy and advising and supporting clinical teams.

I am a speech and language therapist, specialising in the area of neurodevelopmental disability.

I trained at the University of East Anglia and graduated in 2014.

Since then I have completed post graduate training in ADOS, ADIR, PECS, Attention Autism amongst others.

My current role focuses on autism assessments at ESNEFT for children aged between 2 and 19 years of age as part of the community paediatrics team, completing school observations, ADOS, informal observations and clinic appointments to contribute to a holistic, multi-disciplinary ASD assessment.

My main interests are early intervention in autism and parent child interaction / parent education. I am hoping to help develop some early intervention, ASD services within ESNEFT.