About me
After thirty years clinical experience in England and abroad I now describe myself as a mature therapist who likes to bring huge amounts of fun to my sessions!
As a professional speech and language therapist I have worked in independent practice in four countries (Switzerland, Hong Kong, New Zealand and UK) with the majority of my career in Hong Kong. I have a solid work ethic and skill foundation established in early NHS practice.
Whilst in Hong Kong, I owned a multi-disciplinary private practice that provided occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services. I managed clinic-based work and outreach services to international schools and kindergartens (preschools). I have significant experience of working with multi-lingual children and their families.
I returned to the UK in 2020.
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Working with early-years children to teens and supporting them, their families and their schools really makes my day! I thrive on my work. I connect with children and teens and I do my absolute utmost to make their lives more effective and enjoyable. I work hard to create opportunities to share ideas and strategies through direct contact with parents, caregivers and teachers or via workshops and training sessions.
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My decades of experience span a range of communication issues incorporating expressive skills / understanding oral language, processing / executive memory, articulation / phonology and social-emotional development.
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Communication issues related to childhood and developmental disorders and neuro-developmental disorders including ADHD and Autism are my specialist areas because these groups of children, amongst the obvious professional benefits always seem to like me as I really like them! I am SIPT certified for assessing Sensory Integration Processing Disorder and have found this training invaluable in my work.
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I am certified by the Health and Care Professions Council (UK). I am a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (UK), the Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (UK) and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) UK.
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Motorbikes are a passion and I ride for fun, for local and international explorations.
And I am the only speech and language therapist that I know of to have successfully corrected a (lateral) lisp in an African Grey Parrot!