My Philosophy

Helping children communicate is infinitely rewarding for me as communication is a crucial life skill and a pre-requisite for learning, socialisation, friendships, relationships and achievements to happen. The negative effects of social communication differences on a child’s social, academic and personal achievement can be lifelong.

I believe that as parents, carers and teaching staff, you hold the key to unlocking children’s communication potential as the experts in the child in your care and therefore you are my most important therapy tool!

I aim to share my knowledge and experience of how to facilitate children’s communication development with you and train you in using naturalistic and practical strategies that help children’s communication flourish.

I will work collaboratively with the other professionals involved in your child’s development e.g. teachers, NHS Speech and Language Therapists, Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs), Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.

I provide a home and/or nursery and school visiting service.

As children communicate best in their most familiar surroundings, my assessments and/or therapy always takes place in the home, nursery or school setting if felt to be appropriate depending on the nature of the communication issue e.g. if a there is a query about the child's social communication skills development, information from their social settings is key to understanding the exact nature of the communciation issues.