Danielle
Danielle is passionate about making a difference for the children and families she supports. She has worked with children mainly aged 2-8 with speech, language and communication needs whilst working for the NHS for 2 years. Danielle has experience of working in a range of settings including community clinics, nurseries, children’s centres, and families’ homes.
Danielle has recently progressed to a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and is in the process of developing her specialism. Her interests lie within Early Years speech and language development, social communication difficulties and Dysphagia (feeding difficulties). Danielle has a range of experience of providing training and support to other professionals as well as running parent information sessions and workshops. She has run a range of group approaches to support children with varying needs.
Danielle is qualified in a range of well-recognised therapy approaches including PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System), Palin PCI (Parent and Child Interaction) Stammering Programme, Attention Autism. In her practice she routinely uses signing (Makaton). She has also completed “The Practical Management of Eating and Drinking Difficulties in Children”. She is a member of the London Paediatric Dysphagia Clinical Excellence Network.
Danielle graduated from Reading University in 2017 with a BSc in Speech and Language Therapy with a clinical distinction. She is a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Emily
Emily is an optimistic and cheerful Speech and Language Therapist dedicated to ensuring that clinical decisions are based on what is best practice and what is best for individual clients. Emily obtained a Bachelor degree in Speech and Language Therapy from the University of Ireland, Galway. Emily has worked in various clinical settings in Ireland and the UK including hospitals, community health care facilities, public schools and private schools and day care services. In these locations Emily has had experience in working with children who have social communication difficulties, autism, downs syndrome, feeding difficulties and primary speech and language difficulties. This has given Emily the opportunity to work with a diverse range of clients and their families offering tailored support to each.
Emily’s works as a specialist speech and language therapist in the NHS with pre-school children. She is passionate about working with children with language delay, attention and social communication difficulties and complex needs. Emily is also knowledgeable and hugely interested in working with children who stammer and their families.
Emily strives to help children reach their full potential. She has a true desire to make a positive difference in the lives of the children she works with. She consistently maintains a dynamic way of thinking while working with each child and she believes in a multidisciplinary approach.
In her spare time, Emily enjoys maintaining health and fitness. She has a keen interest in sports, in particular running.
Emily can offer comprehensive assessment and intervention to children experiencing difficulties with speech sounds, development of understanding and use of language, social communication difficulties and stammering.
